Activation of Citizenship in Europe
Pfister, ThomasAuthor
Manchester : Manchester University Press,
2011.
This study illuminates the links between the currently dominant transnational discourse on what constitutes 'modern' social policy and contemporary concepts and practices of citizenship. Throughout Europe, we are witnessing a large-scale reshuffling of welfare economies based on the guiding principles of 'activation' and an 'activating welfare state'. The book examines how such a powerful conceptual debate intervenes in the conditions of political membership in terms of rights and duties, participation, and access to societal resources.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This study illuminates the links between the currently dominant transnational discourse on what constitutes 'modern' social policy and contemporary concepts and practices of citizenship. Throughout Europe, we are witnessing a large-scale reshuffling of welfare economies based on the guiding principles of 'activation' and an 'activating welfare state'. The book examines how such a powerful conceptual debate intervenes in the conditions of political membership in terms of rights and duties, participation, and access to societal resources.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Citizenship