The Law Of The Activating Welfare State

Author : Eberhard Eichenhofer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1509913238

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The Law of the Activating Welfare State by Eberhard Eichenhofer Pdf

"The most profound reform of social policy in Germany during the last decade was the labour market reforms 2003/4. It was initiated by a reform commission chaired by Peter Hartz (Volkswagen) and its motifs and results are still controversial today. This book identifies these reforms by illustrating the international and European context. It unveils parallel developments in the Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom and France, and shows to which extent the German reform had been driven and enhanced by the European Employment Strategy. The study does not focus on the details of the reform but its new elements: case, management, conditional social benefits, obligations to cooperate and sanctions. It shows that its leitmotif is not neoliberal but communitarian."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Author : Toomas Kotkas,Kenneth Veitch
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781315524320

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Social Rights in the Welfare State by Toomas Kotkas,Kenneth Veitch Pdf

At a time when the future of the welfare state is the object of heated debate in many European countries, this edited collection explores the relationship between this institution and social rights. Structured around the themes of the politics of social rights, questions of equality and social exclusion/inclusion, and the increasing impact of market imperatives on social policy, the book explores the effect of transformations in the welfare state upon social rights and their underlying rationalities and logics. Written by a group of international scholars, many of the essays discuss a number of urgent and topical issues within social policy, including: the social rights of asylum seekers; the increasing marketization and consumerization of public welfare services; the care of the elderly; and the obligation to work as a condition of access to welfare benefits. International in its scope, and interdisciplinary in its approach, this collection of essays will appeal to scholars and students working in the fields of law and socio-legal studies, sociology, social policy, and politics. It will also be of interest to policy makers and all those engaged in the debate over the future of the welfare state and social rights.

Author : Hans-Werner Sinn
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123290327

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Redesigning the Welfare State by Hans-Werner Sinn Pdf

Argues that the high level of unemployment in Germany not only creates a major challenge for the German welfare state, but is to a good extent caused by the way the country's welfare system is designed. This book reviews the public debate on labour market reforms, and discusses the first set of reforms that have been enacted.

Author : Sakari Hänninen,Kirsi-Marja Lehtelä,Paula Saikkonen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788974653

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The Relational Nordic Welfare State by Sakari Hänninen,Kirsi-Marja Lehtelä,Paula Saikkonen Pdf

The success of the Nordic welfare state is well known, but the key drivers of its remarkable expansion are not. This book explores the relationships between citizens that constitute the normative groundwork of Nordic societies, arguing that the quality of relations steers welfare development.

Author : Evelyn Z. Brodkin,Gregory Marston
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626160019

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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 : B. Maydell V,K. Borchardt,K. -D. Henke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3540817360

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Enabling Social Europe by B. Maydell V,K. Borchardt,K. -D. Henke Pdf

Author : Henrik Jensen
Publisher : Plus
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029990384

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The Welfare State by Henrik Jensen Pdf

Author : Nick Ellison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781134765706

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The Transformation of Welfare States? by Nick Ellison Pdf

'Globalization', institutions and welfare regimes -- The challenge of globalization -- Globalization and welfare regime change -- Towards workfare? : changing labour market policies -- Labour market policies in social democratic and continental regimes -- Population ageing, GEPs and changing pensions systems -- Pensions policies in continental and social regimes -- Conclusion : welfare regimes in a liberalizing world.

Author : Henriette Sinding Aasen,Siri Gloppen,Anne-Mette Magnussen,Even Nilssen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,5 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 : David Garland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9780199672660

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The Welfare State by David Garland Pdf

This 'Very Short Introduction' discusses the necessity of welfare states in modern capitalist societies. Situating social policy in an historical, sociological, and comparative perspective, David Garland brings a new understanding to familiar debates, policies, and institutions.

Author : Jae-jin Yang
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839104619

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The Small Welfare State by Jae-jin Yang Pdf

In a period of rapid change for welfare states around the world, this insightful book offers a comparative study of three historically small welfare states: the US, Japan, and South Korea. Featuring contributions from international distinguished scholars, this book looks beyond the larger European welfare states to unpack the many common political and institutional characteristics that have constrained welfare state development in industrialized democracies.

Author : Pauli Kettunen,Klaus Petersen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849809603

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Beyond Welfare State Models by Pauli Kettunen,Klaus Petersen Pdf

Welfare state models have for decades been the gold standard of welfare state research. Beyond Welfare State Models escapes the straightjacket of conventional welfare state models and challenges the existing literature in two ways. Firstly the contributors argue that the standard typologies have omitted important aspects of welfare state development. Secondly, the work develops and underlines the importance of a more fluid transnational conceptualisation. As this book shows, welfare states are not created in national isolation but are heavily influenced by transnational economic, political and cultural interdependencies. The authors illustrate these important points of criticism with their studies on the transnational history of social policy, religion and the welfare state, Nordic cooperation within the fields of social policy and marriage law, and the transnational contexts of national family policies. This fascinating work contributes to the understanding of the current changes of welfare states by discussing the relationship between globalized capitalism and social political regulations and by arguing that transnational transformations importantly take place within and between nation states.

Author : Eleveld, Anja,Kampen, Thomas
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447340140

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Welfare to Work in Contemporary European Welfare States by Eleveld, Anja,Kampen, Thomas Pdf

With welfare to work programmes under intense scrutiny, this book reviews a wide range of existing and future policies across Europe. Seventeen contributors provide case studies and legal, sociological and philosophical perspectives from around the continent, building a rich picture of welfare to work policies and their impact. They show how many schemes do not adequately address social rights and lived experiences, and consider alternatives based on theories of non-domination. For anyone interested in the justice of welfare to work, this book is an important step along the path towards more fair and adequate legislation.

Author : Greve, Bent
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800885127

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Rethinking Welfare and the Welfare State by Greve, Bent Pdf

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Centralising the role of land and landowners, Spatial Flood Risk Management brings together knowledge from socio-economy, public policy, hydrology, geomorphology, and engineering to establish an interdisciplinary knowledge base on spatial approaches to managing flood risks.

Author : SALTSA (Program)
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 905201048X

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Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes in Europe by SALTSA (Program) Pdf

The activation-based intervention paradigm is being adopted by several European countries resulting in major reforms to the social welfare system. The spread of the activation paradigm has had major repercussions, not only for welfare interventions aimed at combating unemployment, but also for the political regulation of the social question and citizenship. Citizenship is being redefined in contractual terms and greater emphasis is being placed on its economic aspects. Nevertheless, a wide range of policies are labelled with recourse to this interpretative framework and a pluralistic approach to implementation could serve just as well to empower as to weaken workers'/citizens' position in society. This book analyses the extent of these changes from a cross-cultural perspective. Institutional settings as well as prevailing work values and social representation of social exclusion (activation regimes) have a key role in defining the instruments to be used in national activation strategies to regulate the behaviour of job seekers. In this book, a discussion about the range of social welfare model reforms throughout Europe and a typology of activation regimes is proposed.