Abstract
AbstractNeoliberalism has become interwoven through international public policy regimes in recent decades yet the spatial implications of their design, outcomes, resourcing and user experiences remain neglected in key ways. In response, the present article uses the case study of the UK’s Work Programme – an international vanguard experiment of neoliberal public policy‐making par excellence – to examine these issues. The conceptual framing highlights the risks of neoliberal public policy‐making for the reinforcement of existing spatial inequalities whilst the original multivariate spatial analyses using the official outcomes data demonstrate the realisation of those risks. These original empirical findings highlight the enduring yet frequently neglected importance of local context to national policy designs and outcomes, and raise serious concerns around the continuing international popularity of neoliberal public policy‐making for spatial justice.
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