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Unemployment and Activation Policies in Europe and the US
This insightful book presents a detailed analysis of the activation policies utilised by governments across Europe and the US. Editors Henning Jørgensen and Michaela Schulze bring together a wealth of experts to collate key developments and understandings in global activation policies, acknowledging the different ways in which countries and governments attempt to combat unemployment and the importance of subnational governance capabilities.
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This insightful book presents a detailed analysis of the activation policies utilised by governments across Europe and the US. Editors Henning Jørgensen and Michaela Schulze bring together a wealth of experts to collate key developments in activation policies, acknowledging the different ways in which countries and governments attempt to combat unemployment and the importance of subnational governance capabilities.
Contributing authors explore multiple activation policies through political, policy, polity, economic and cultural lenses, outlining the consequences of these for the unemployed and other actors involved. In particular, partisan politics and central steering experienced in the UK, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Switzerland and the US are analysed, as well as social security and labour market policies developed in the Netherlands, Norway and Germany. The book emphasises the advantages of investigating national rather than cross-national studies as they bring to the forefront crucial actors and administrative systems that affect activation reforms. Ultimately, it highlights why and how activation is developed in different ways in national systems and advocates for further research as activation is entering a new phase.
Unemployment and Activation Policies in Europe and the US is an excellent resource for students and researchers specialising in comparative social policy, public policy, labour market policy and the sociology of work.
Contributing authors explore multiple activation policies through political, policy, polity, economic and cultural lenses, outlining the consequences of these for the unemployed and other actors involved. In particular, partisan politics and central steering experienced in the UK, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Switzerland and the US are analysed, as well as social security and labour market policies developed in the Netherlands, Norway and Germany. The book emphasises the advantages of investigating national rather than cross-national studies as they bring to the forefront crucial actors and administrative systems that affect activation reforms. Ultimately, it highlights why and how activation is developed in different ways in national systems and advocates for further research as activation is entering a new phase.
Unemployment and Activation Policies in Europe and the US is an excellent resource for students and researchers specialising in comparative social policy, public policy, labour market policy and the sociology of work.
Critical Acclaim
‘Focusing on Western Europe and the United States, and gathering scholars with an in-depth knowledge of the country cases at hand, this most informative and well-crafted book uses both historical and recent policy developments to map the ways in which activation varies across national social policy systems.’
– Daniel Béland, McGill University, Canada
‘This group of highly qualified scholars present cutting edge research on the development of active labour market policies in a large variety of countries with different welfare regimes. A solid and very welcome update to our understanding of what active labour market policy is and how it has developed over time.’
– Bent Greve, University of Roskilde, Denmark
– Daniel Béland, McGill University, Canada
‘This group of highly qualified scholars present cutting edge research on the development of active labour market policies in a large variety of countries with different welfare regimes. A solid and very welcome update to our understanding of what active labour market policy is and how it has developed over time.’
– Bent Greve, University of Roskilde, Denmark
