Social citizenship and workforce in the United States and Western Europe
Subtitle: the paradox of inclusion
By: Joel F. Handler.
Series: Cambridge studies in law and society
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Welfare recipients -- Employment -- Europe, Western.; Marginality, Social -- United States.; Welfare recipients -- Employment -- United States.; Welfare state -- Europe, Western.; Marginality, Social -- Europe, Western.; Welfare state -- United States.
Description: Joel Handler compares workfare policies in the United States and 'active labour policies' in Western Europe that are aimed primarily at the long-term unemployed, unemployed youth, lone parents, immigrants and other vulnerable groups often referred to collectively as the 'socially excluded'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-305) and index.