Activation and Labour Market Reforms in Europe [electronic resource] : Challenges to Social Citizenship /
Betzelt, S.editor.
Bothfeld, S.editor.
This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts. It argues that the liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western European states challenges the specific patterns of social citizenship in each country.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Introduction and conceptual framework -- pt. 2. The universal adult worker norm : tensions between equality and diversity -- pt. 3. Erosion of social status? : tensions between core and periphery -- pt. 4. Governance and implementation : tensions between standardization and individualization -- pt. 5. Conclusions.
This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts. It argues that the liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western European states challenges the specific patterns of social citizenship in each country.
European Union.
Comparative politics.
Welfare state.
Labor economics.
Social service .
Economic sociology.
European Union Politics.
Comparative Politics.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Labor Economics.
Social Care.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.