Welfare to work in practice
Subtitle: social security and participation in economic and social life
By: edited by Peter Saunders
Contributors: Saunders, Peter, 1948-; Foundation of International Studies on Social Security
Series: International studies on social security -- v. 10
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Welfare recipients -- Employment; Social security beneficiaries -- Employment; People with disabilities -- Employment; Social security; Social participation
Description: "An impressive list of contributors including Jane Millar, Neil Gilbert, Martin Werding and Einar Overbye discuss a range of topics from social security and labour market issues to the needs of special groups such as lone parents, the long-term unemployed and those with a disability in relation to the new social security policy agenda. The volume will be of interest to academics and policymakers in the field."--Jacket.
Notes: "This volume contains a selection of the papers presented at the seminar held in Sigtuna, Sweeden in June 2003"--Pref

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Welfare to work in practice : introduction and overview / Peter Saunders; title: Protection to activation : the apotheosis of work / Neil Gilbert; title: Work as welfare? : lone mothers, social security and employment / Jane Millar; title: Bridging the welfare to work divide : economic and social participation among income support recipients in Australia / Peter Saunders; title: The role of workfare in the Scandinavian model of social security : soft work incentives, skill upgrading or quality of life improvement for the disadvantaged? / Lisbeth Pedersen and Jørgen Søndergaard; title: In-work benefits : curing unemployment among the low-skilled in Germany / Martin Werding; title: Financial incentives and mothers' employment : a comparative perspective / Jonathan Bradshaw, Naomi Finch and Emese Mayhew; title: Reforming the passive welfare state : Belgium's new income arrangements to make work pay in international perspective / Lieve De Lathouwer; title: Dilemmas in disability activation and how Scandinavians try to live with them / Einar Overbye; title: Personalised employment services for disability benefits recipients : are comparisons useful? / Patricia Thornton and Anne Corden; title: Who becomes a disability benefit recipient in Sweden? / Sisko Bergendorff ... [et al.]; title: Returning the long-term sick-listed to work : the effects of educational measures and employer separations in Denmark / Jan Høgelund and Anders Holm; title: Disability benefits and unemployment patterns in Estonia / Orsolya Szirko