Activation Policies And The Protection Of Individual Rights

Author : Paul Van Aerschot
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317185659

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Activation Policies and the Protection of Individual Rights by Paul Van Aerschot Pdf

In Denmark, Finland and Sweden the evolution of administrative law, including social welfare law, has been marked by a shift towards a stronger protection of the recipient's individual rights. The adoption of activation policies targeting recipients of social assistance has highlighted the tensions between decision-making concerning the implementation of these policies and the legislative efforts to promote the realisation of individual rights in the field of social welfare. An examination of the legislation in question and its implementation conditions shows that the realisation of individual rights is subordinated to the pursuit of organisational and other objectives. The findings of the study are used to formulate proposals for the promotion of individual rights based on the Nordic egalitarian model of citizenship. This critical assessment of activation policies should be of broad international appeal. It will be of interest to researchers in social policy, as well as those concerned with protection of rights.

Author : Dr Paul Van Aerschot
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781409497363

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Activation Policies and the Protection of Individual Rights by Dr Paul Van Aerschot Pdf

In Denmark, Finland and Sweden the evolution of administrative law, including social welfare law, has been marked by a shift towards a stronger protection of the recipient's individual rights. The adoption of activation policies targeting recipients of social assistance has highlighted the tensions between decision-making concerning the implementation of these policies and the legislative efforts to promote the realisation of individual rights in the field of social welfare. An examination of the legislation in question and its implementation conditions shows that the realisation of individual rights is subordinated to the pursuit of organisational and other objectives. The findings of the study are used to formulate proposals for the promotion of individual rights based on the Nordic egalitarian model of citizenship. This critical assessment of activation policies should be of broad international appeal. It will be of interest to researchers in social policy, as well as those concerned with protection of rights.

Author : Paul Van Aerschot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 1315565560

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Activation Policies and the Protection of Individual Rights by Paul Van Aerschot Pdf

Author : Rune Ervik,Nanna Kildal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317088592

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New Contractualism in European Welfare State Policies by Rune Ervik,Nanna Kildal Pdf

The ’Golden Age' of the welfare state in Europe was characterised by a strengthening of social rights as citizens became increasingly protected through the collective provision of income security and social services. The oil crisis, inflation and high unemployment of the 1970s largely saw the end of welfare expansion with critical voices claiming the welfare state had created an unbalanced focus on the social rights of individuals, above their responsibilities as citizens. During the 1980s many western countries developed contractual modes of thinking and regulation within welfare policy. Contractualism has proved a significant organising principle for public reforms in general, and for social policy reforms in particular as it embraces both a way of justifying certain welfare policies and of constructing specific socio-legal policy instruments. Engaging with both the critique of the welfare state and the subsequent policy responses, expert contributors in this book examine contractualism as a discourse, comprising principles and justifying ideas, and as a legal and social practice. Covering the international debate on conditionality they discuss European experiences with active social citizenship ideas and contractualism providing individual case studies and comparisons from a wide range of European countries.

Author : Martin Heidenreich,Deborah Rice
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783474929

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Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe by Martin Heidenreich,Deborah Rice Pdf

A central goal of European activation policies is to provide coherent and actively inclusive employment and social services. This book offers new insights on the effective governance and implementation of such policies. Utilizing empirical studies from six European welfare states, expert contributors explore how different institutional contexts influence localized service delivery and how local authorities deal with the associated coordination challenges. Acknowledging that neither decentralization nor provider networks necessarily prevent fragmented service provision, Martin Heidenreich and Deborah Rice illustrate that an understanding of the European budgetary context, as well as individual network brokerage, is vital for a successful integration of employment and social policies at the local level. Timely and engaging, this innovative book will provide new theoretical perspectives and invaluable empirical materials for academics and students in the field of comparative social policy. Policy makers and officials will also appreciate the editors’ practical approach.

Author : Henriette Sinding Aasen,Siri Gloppen,Anne-Mette Magnussen,Even Nilssen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781783470235

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Juridification and Social Citizenship in the Welfare State by Henriette Sinding Aasen,Siri Gloppen,Anne-Mette Magnussen,Even Nilssen Pdf

øThe concept of juridification refers to a diverse set of processes involving shifts towards more detailed legal regulation, regulations of new areas, and conflicts and problems increasingly being framed in legal and rights-oriented terms. This timely

Author : Evelyn Z. Brodkin,Gregory Marston
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626160002

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Work and the Welfare State by Evelyn Z. Brodkin,Gregory Marston Pdf

Work and the Welfare State places street-level organizations at the analytic center of welfare-state politics, policy, and management. This volume offers a critical examination of efforts to change the welfare state to a workfare state by looking at on-the-ground issues in six countries: the US, UK, Australia, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. An international group of scholars contribute organizational studies that shed new light on old debates about policies of workfare and activation. Peeling back the political rhetoric and technical policy jargon, these studies investigate what really goes on in the name of workfare and activation policies and what that means for the poor, unemployed, and marginalized populations subject to these policies. By adopting a street-level approach to welfare state research, Work and the Welfare State reveals the critical, yet largely hidden, role of governance and management reforms in the evolution of the global workfare project. It shows how these reforms have altered organizational arrangements and practices to emphasize workfare’s harsher regulatory features and undermine its potentially enabling ones. As a major contribution to expanding the conceptualization of how organizations matter to policy and political transformation, this book will be of special interest to all public management and public policy scholars and students.

Author : Bent Greve
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110721768

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De Gruyter Handbook of Contemporary Welfare States by Bent Greve Pdf

Globalisation, regionalisation, new technology, demography, voters’ expectations and re-structuring of societies are expected to influence welfare state development for years to come. This handbook analyses how different welfare state models and regimes will be able to cope with contemporary and future challenges, providing a variety of evidence based tools that make it essential reading for students, researchers and policy makers alike.

Author : I. Harsløf,R. Ulmestig
Publisher : Springer
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137267191

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Changing Social Risks and Social Policy Responses in the Nordic Welfare States by I. Harsløf,R. Ulmestig Pdf

The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes and new social needs to attend to. This book explores responses to changing social risks across areas such as structural unemployment, entrepreneurship, immigration, single parenthood, education and health.

Author : Gal, John,Weiss-Gal, Idit
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447320197

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Where Academia and Policy Meet by Gal, John,Weiss-Gal, Idit Pdf

Though academia has the reputation of being removed from the world, in reality the worlds of the academy and politics meet frequently, and in a variety of ways--productive and unproductive. This book presents the results of the first major crossnational comparative study of academic engagement in the creation of social policy. It offers new empirical data from twelve countries across Europe, North America, and the Middle East, with each chapter providing a brief overview of social work and social work education in the country under consideration, then presenting new data on the interactions between scholars and policy makers there.

Author : Neville Harris
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781782252757

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Law in a Complex State by Neville Harris Pdf

Approximately half of the total UK population are in receipt of one or more welfare benefits, giving rise to the largest single area of government expenditure. The law and structures of social security are highly complex, made more so by constant adjustments as government pursues its often conflicting economic, political and social policy objectives. This complexity is highly problematic. It contributes to errors in decision-making and to increased administrative costs and is seen as disempowering for citizens, thereby weakening enjoyment of a key social right. Current and previous administrations have committed to simplifying the benefits system. It is a specific objective of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, which provides for the introduction of Universal Credit in place of diverse benefits. However, it is unclear whether the reformed system will be either less complex legally or more accessible for citizens. This book seeks to explain how and why complexity in the modern welfare system has grown; to identify the different ways in which legal and associated administrative arrangements are classifiable as 'complex'; to discuss the effects of complexity on the system's administration and its wider implications for rights and the citizen-state relationship; and to consider the role that law can play in the simplification of schemes of welfare. While primarily focused on the UK welfare system it also provides analysis of relevant policies and experience in various other states.

Author : Grover, Chris,Piggott, Linda
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447318361

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Disabled people, work and welfare by Grover, Chris,Piggott, Linda Pdf

This is the first book to challenge the concept of paid work for disabled people as a means to ‘independence’ and ‘self determination’. Recent attempts in many countries to increase the employment rates of disabled people have actually led to an erosion of financial support for many workless disabled people and their increasing stigmatisation as ‘scroungers’. Led by the disability movement’s concern with the employment choices faced by disabled people, this controversial book uses sociological and philosophical approaches, as well as international examples, to critically engage with possible alternatives to paid work. Essential reading for students, practitioners, activists and anyone interested in relationships between work, welfare and disability.

Author : Neville Harris,Sheila Riddell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317064954

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Resolving Disputes about Educational Provision by Neville Harris,Sheila Riddell Pdf

With contributions by recognised experts in the field of education law, this book is a comparative study of the resolution of special education disputes, including via mediation. It analyses the varying approaches in England, Scotland, the US and the Netherlands and addresses major questions of dispute resolution, redress, judicial and non-judicial approaches and the protection of citizens' rights. The first review of mediation in citizen v. state disputes outside the context of the courts, this topical book also incorporates findings from a recent ESRC study into dispute resolution in special educational needs cases. It will not only be of interest to those concerned with education issues but also those interested in administrative justice, especially the role of mediation generally

Author : Paul Van Aerschot,Patricia Daenzer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317027423

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The Integration and Protection of Immigrants by Paul Van Aerschot,Patricia Daenzer Pdf

In Scandinavian countries immigration is a sensitive issue and legislators’ approach to the questions it has raised has varied over the years. Whatever immigrant and integration policies are adopted in a democratic society, it is clear that the legislation and the authorities have to ensure that the individual rights of the immigrants residing in its territory are respected. With Canada as a point of reference, this book draws attention to weaknesses in the regulation and implementation of integration provisions threatening the immigrants’ individual rights in the EU member states of Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The study challenges readers to critically review the meaning of rights and the notion of global caring. It takes a critical look at how vulnerable immigrants fare in a largely immigrant nation with a welfare capitalism legacy, when compared to three European nations which claim to embrace institutional welfare models. This book will be of great interest to scholars and decision-makers interested in Scandinavian or Canadian immigration and integration policies.

Author : Giovanni Bertin,Giuseppe Moro
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800378070

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The European Social Model and an Economy of Well-being by Giovanni Bertin,Giuseppe Moro Pdf

This timely book critically examines the European Social Model as a contested concept and concrete set of European welfare and governance arrangements. It offers a theoretical and empirical analysis of new economic models and existing European investment strategies to address key issues within post-Covid-19 Europe.