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Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes in Europe
Contributor(s): Pochet, Philippe (Editor), Serrano Pascual, Amparo (Editor), Magnusson, Lars (Editor)

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 ISBN: 905201048X     ISBN-13: 9789052010489
Publisher: P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques
OUR PRICE: $60.80  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2007
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Social Science | Social Work
- Business & Economics | Economic History
Dewey: 361.650
LCCN: 2007276597
Series: Travail Et Société / Work and Society
Physical Information: 324 pages
Features: Bibliography
Review Citations: Scitech Book News 12/01/2007 pg. 8
 
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The activation-based intervention paradigm is being adopted by several European countries resulting in major reforms to the social welfare system. The spread of the activation paradigm has had major repercussions, not only for welfare interventions aimed at combating unemployment, but also for the political regulation of the social question and citizenship. Citizenship is being redefined in contractual terms and greater emphasis is being placed on its economic aspects. Nevertheless, a wide range of policies are labelled with recourse to this interpretative framework and a pluralistic approach to implementation could serve just as well to empower as to weaken workers'/citizens' position in society.
This book analyses the extent of these changes from a cross-cultural perspective. Institutional settings as well as prevailing work values and social representation of social exclusion (activation regimes) have a key role in defining the instruments to be used in national activation strategies to regulate the behaviour of job seekers. In this book, a discussion about the range of social welfare model reforms throughout Europe and a typology of activation regimes is proposed.
 
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