The changing face of welfare : : Consequences and outcomes from a citizenship perspective / / ed. by Jørgen Goul Andersen, Anne-Marie Guillemard, Per H. Jensen, Birgit Pfau-Effinger.

There have been major shifts in the framework of social policy and welfare across Europe. Adopting a multi-level, comparative and interdisciplinary approach, this book develops a critical analysis of policy change and welfare reform in Europe. The book applies a dynamic and change oriented perspecti...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2005]
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Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • Preface
  • Glossary
  • Notes on contributors
  • ‘Active’ citizenship: the new face of welfare
  • The goals of social policy: context and change
  • Which way for the European social model: minimum standards or social quality?
  • The advent of a flexible life course and the reconfigurations of welfare
  • Citizenship, unemployment and welfare policy
  • Paradoxes of democracy: the dialectic of inclusion and exclusion
  • Citizenship and the activation of social protection: a comparative approach
  • The active society and activation policy: ideologies, contexts and effects
  • Individualising citizenship
  • Gender equality, citizenship and welfare state restructuring
  • New forms of citizenship and social integration in European societies
  • The outcomes of early retirement in Nordic countries
  • Early exit from the labour market, social exclusion and marginalisation in the UK
  • The emergence of social movements by social security claimants
  • Conclusion: policy change, welfare regimes and active citizenship
  • Index