The authors of this paper argue that worker co-ops need to be valued as an improvement in the quality of working life, yet all too often they and the agencies which support them are caught up in a “numbers game†of trying to maximise the number of jobs created in order to justify...

Concern with social exclusion and neighbourhood renewal has often focused on economic regeneration and new ways of stimulating employment or self-employment in local economies. One recent initiative has been to raise private money through a bond with the social aim of creating local employment....

Concern with social exclusion and neighbourhood renewal has often focused on economic regeneration and new ways of stimulating employment or selfemployment in local economies. One recent initiative has been to raise private money through a bond with the social aim of creating local employment....