Human rights and social policy
Subtitle: a comparative analysis of values and citizenship in OECD countries
By: edited by Ann Nevile
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cheltenham, U.K; Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781848442085
Subjects: Human rights; Citizenship; Social policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Values, rights and concepts of citizenship  -- Ann Nevile; title: Assessing the relevance of the international legal framework in claiming economic and social rights  -- Susan Harris Rimmer; title: Regional legal frameworks for human rights and social policy in Europe  -- Lisa Conant; title: Labour market activation policy in a "Bismarckian" welfare state : old and new divisions of social rights and citizenship in Germany  -- Irene Dingeldey; title: From insurance or insertion to rights and responsibilities: the shifting logics of unemployment protection in France  -- Daniel Clegg; title: The childcare transition in Scandinavia : family change and policy reform  -- Amlaug Leira; title: Policy responses to social exclusion in the UK and the relationship to human rights  -- Ilan Katz; title: Welfare reform and the reshaping of New Zealand citizenship  -- Neil Lunt; title: Policies related to homelessness and affordable housing in Australia  -- Alan Morris; title: Gender mainstreaming in skilled immigration policy: from Beijing 1995 to the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (2002)  -- Anna Boucher; title: Do rights make a difference? the evolution of policy for children in out-of-home care in Australia  -- Sharon Bessell; title: On the margins? the influence of "rights talk" on policy and practice -- Ann Nevile.