Pearce, Sioned  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-1096 and Narayan, Nivedita
2026.
Cross-jurisdictional youth employment policy and welfare in Scotland, Wales and England: a street-level perspective.
Journal of Social Policy
55
(2)
, pp. 460-479.
10.1017/S0047279425000182
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Abstract
Here we examine interactions between centralised and devolved employment policy and welfare in Scotland, Wales and England, taking a qualitative approach to gain a street-level perspective. This paper’s twin aims are to challenge the privileging of methodological nationalism in the study of welfare regimes and to offer a substate alternative through a street-level perspective. In the context of prevailing trends towards activation measures and mixed economies of welfare across Western Europe, the UK’s work first approach and categorisation as a Liberal welfare regime of minimal provision is complexified using a devolved policy context. Our findings on cross-jurisdictional interactions show devolved employment programmes in Scotland and Wales actively reshaping welfare delivery in ways that resist the UK’s historically centralised approach. We contribute to a growing body of literature on substate welfare regimes with significant implications for the privileging of methodological nationalism in the study of work and welfare.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 0047-2794 |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Projects: | ES/R007314/1 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 13 February 2025 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 2 January 2025 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2026 22:36 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/176157 |
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