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Business versus families : whose side is New Labour on?

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In its proposals for achieving a better `work-life balance' for Britain's working families, the New Labour government is also seeking to balance the interests of business against the needs of families. This article argues that the economic policy `trilemma' resulting from economic globalisation is mirrored in a parallel family policy trilemma, with particular consequences for the poorest families. Drawing upon this argument and, partly, upon illustrative evidence from a small-scale qualitative study of low-income working families, it is suggested that promoting family friendly employment alongside a policy of welfare-to-work cannot reasonably be achieved without significant additional regulation of low-paying employers.

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  • Dean, Hartley, 2002. "Business versus families : whose side is New Labour on?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 337, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    1. Dean, Hartley, 2001. "Working parenthood and parental obligation," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 341, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    1. Sally-Anne Barnes & Anne Green & Michael Orton & Jenny Bimrose, 2005. "Redressing Gender Inequality in Employment: the National and Sub-regional Policy ‘Fit’," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 20(2), pages 154-167, May.
    2. Dean, Hartley, 2007. "Tipping the balance: the problematic nature of work–life balance in a low-income neighbourhood," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 3452, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Dean, Hartley, 2007. "Poor parents?: the realities of work-life balance in a low-income neighbourhood," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 3449, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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