New European approaches to long-term unemployment
Subtitle: what role for public employment services and what market for private stakeholders?
By: edited by Germana di Domenico and Silvia Spattini.
Contributors: Di Domenico, Germana.; Spattini, Silvia.
Series: Studies in employment and social policy -- 35.; Studies in employment and social policy -- v. 35.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; Kluwer Law International; Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Austin; Alphen aan den Rijn; Frederick, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9789041126146
Subjects: Hard-core unemployed -- Government policy -- European Union countries.; Unemployment -- Government policy -- European Union countries.; Employment agencies -- Government policy -- European Union countries.
Description: This ground-breaking book presents incisive studies by sixteen leading academics, labour policymakers, employment services professionals, and employment researchers from Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Belgium, and Poland. The articles provide an excellent overview of employment services experience throughout the EU, and demonstrate that careful application of active labour market measures can produce positive results in combating long-term unemployment. Notable for its emphasis on the proven power of cooperation among various stakeholders in reducing unemployment, New European Approaches to Long-Term Unemployment will be a welcome resource for employment services both public and private, other public labour and employment organisations, and employers, as well as to academics, lawyers, and other interested professionals. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.