The governance of active welfare states in Europe

During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reforms to the way that income protection and activation programmes for the unemployedare implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine European countries, focusing on the reforms programmes themselves, as well as on their effects. RIK VAN BERKEL is Associate Professor at the Utrecht School of Governance,The Netherlands. He has published in various international academic journals as well as edited volumes on issues including activation policies, welfare state reforms, governance and frontline work. . WILLIBRORD DE GRAAF is Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. His research interests include welfare state developments, especially labour market and activation, the transition of school to workof young migrants, and homelessness. . TONÁE SIROVÁTKA is Professor of SocialPolicy at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. His research is focused on labour market, employment and social policy. He has published in several monographs and journals on activation and employment policies, social inclusion and transformation of the welfare state in Central Europe. INDICE: List of Tables and Figures - Notes on Contributors - Acknowledgements - The Governance of Active Welfare States; 'R.van Berkel, W.de Graaf '&' T.Sirovátka - 'The Administration of Income Provision and Activation Services; 'R.van Berkel - 'Accelerating Governance Reforms: The French Case; 'A.Eydoux '&' M.Béraud - 'Fragmented Governance Continued: The German Case; 'I.Dingeldey - 'Steering with Sticks, Rowing for Rewards: The New Governance of Activation in the UK; 'S.Wright - 'The Governance of Activation Policies in Italy: From Centralized and Hierarchical to a Multi-level Open System Model?; 'P.R.Graziano'&' A.Raue - 'The Liberal Governance of a Non-liberal Welfare State? The Caseof the Netherlands; 'R.van Berkel '&' W.de Graaf - 'Marketization in a Federal System: New Modes of Governance in Unemployment Insurance and Social Assistance in Switzerland; 'F.Ehrler '&' F.Sager - 'Governance of Activation Policiesin the Czech Republic: Uncoordinated Transformation; 'T.Sirovátka '&' J.Winkler - 'Decentralization and Back to Centralization: The Swedish Case; 'R.Minas - 'Governance of Integrated Activation Policy in Finland; 'V.Karjalainen '&' P.Saikku - 'The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe in a Comparative Perspective; 'R.van Berkel, W.de Graaf '&' T.Sirovátka'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-25200-4
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés