In recent decades there have been considerable steps forward in terms of understanding poverty. This paper identifies three `meta dimensions` of poverty, which relate to: (1) depth and severity; (2) breadth and multidimensionality; and (3) time and duration. The advances that have been made in...

This article compares Quebec and the UK as instances of 'Third Way' public management reform. It aims to show that despite drawing on similar discourse, reform has played out differently in the two contexts. The article identifies the tensions that have arisen in the implementation of reform,...