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Activating the Unemployed

Author : Neil Gilbert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351320386
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Activating the Unemployed written by Neil Gilbert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade has witnessed a conspicuous alteration in policies protecting unemployed people in modern welfare states. Social policies are increasingly designed to encourage economic independence. Policy makers have introduced a wide range of reforms linking disability, unemployment, and welfare programs cash benefits to work-oriented measures.Welfare policies are being framed by a new emphasis on recipients' obligations, emphasizing that the receipt of benefits creates a responsibility to take action towards becoming self-reliant. The objective is to minimize the duration of dependence or improve the well-being of family or community. Activating the Unemployed addresses this growing interest in work-oriented measures. This represents a shift in the dominant discourse on social welfare from focus on the citizen's rights to social benefits to emphasis on their responsibilities to work and lead an active life. In this volume, a distinguished array of international contributors provide cross-cultural perspectives to analyze recent diverse policy initiatives to activate the unemployed in nine countries-Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Each provides a systematic account of the background, design, implementation, and results of employment-oriented measures. Collectively they permit comparison of organized responses to common problems in the areas of public assistance (welfare), unemployment, and disability, among others. Further chapters seek to broaden perspectives on policy options, the issues raised, and lessons learned in the course of activating the unemployed. This thorough and insightful account addresses significant contemporary issues and concerns about welfare, social security, and unemployment. It will aid policy makers, professionals, and scholars in assessing current trends in welfare in various countries throughout the world.

Spanish Sociedades Laborales—Activating the Unemployed

Author : Jens Lowitzsch
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319548700
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Book Synopsis Spanish Sociedades Laborales—Activating the Unemployed by : Jens Lowitzsch

Download or read book Spanish Sociedades Laborales—Activating the Unemployed written by Jens Lowitzsch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the potential of the Spanish Sociedades Laborales (SLs) as an instrument of active labour market policy for re-turning the unemployed to the labour market and also the transferability of the scheme to other EU Member States. Spanish Sociedades Laborales (SLs) – mostly small and micro enterprises – are a qualified form of conventional corporation, majority-owned by their permanent employees. Unemployed persons can capitalise their unemployment benefits as a lump sum to start a new SL or to recapitalise an existing SL by joining it. This makes SLs similar to start-up subsidies for the unemployed, an established instrument of active labour market policy across the EU. The new 2015 Law on Worker-Owned and Participatory Companies substantially modernised the concept of SLs 30 years after its inception. The book tackles two currently widely discussed policy issues at both the EU level as well as the national level, i.e., reactivating unemployed in the context of ALMP and encouraging employee co-ownership in the context of the economic reform agenda in particular with regard to corporate governance, regional economic stimuli and distributive justice.

Bringing the Jobless into Work?

Author : Werner Eichhorst
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540774351
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis Bringing the Jobless into Work? by : Werner Eichhorst

Download or read book Bringing the Jobless into Work? written by Werner Eichhorst and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an up-to-date overview of activation strategies in unemployment benefit systems and social assistance in selected European countries and the United States. A particular focus lies on the development of activation schemes, governance and implementation as well as on the outcomes of activation in terms of labor market and social integration. The volume is the first to address these issues both from a socio-economic and a legal perspective.

Frontline Delivery of Welfare-to-Work Policies in Europe

Author : Rik van Berkel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317439694
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Book Synopsis Frontline Delivery of Welfare-to-Work Policies in Europe by : Rik van Berkel

Download or read book Frontline Delivery of Welfare-to-Work Policies in Europe written by Rik van Berkel and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welfare-to-work or activation policies refer to programmes aimed at promoting the employability, labour-market and social participation of benefit recipients of working age. Frontline workers delivering these policies are conceived of as policy implementers, as policy makers, and as actors mediating politics in an arena where conflicting interests are at stake. Frontline work plays a crucial role in determining what welfare-to-work practically means and how it affects the lives of the people it targets. Yet few books have deliberatively focused on comparing what happens when frontline workers, some of whom are professional social workers, meet clients. Pioneering the provision of scholarly reflections on both theoretical and policy relevance of studying frontline practices of delivering activation, internationally renowned researchers present the first comparative analysis of how activation policies are actually delivered by frontline staff in selected EU countries and in the United States. In trying to understand and interpret frontline practices in activation, each contribution provides insights into what ‘activation in practice’ looks like, what services are provided and how they are enacted. This involves examining processes of client selection, monitoring, sanctioning and motivating, as well as the role of external service providers. This book is an important acquisition for scholars and researchers of social policy, public administration, public management, social work and policy implementation.

The Moral Economy of Activation

Author : Hansen, Magnus
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447349989
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Moral Economy of Activation written by Hansen, Magnus and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activation policies which promote and enforce labour market participation continue to proliferate in Europe and constitute the reform blueprint from centre-left to centre-right, as well as for most international organizations. Through an in-depth study of four major reforms in Denmark and France, this book maps how co-existing ideas are mobilised to justify, criticise and reach activation compromises and how their morality sediments into the instruments governing the unemployed. By rethinking the role of ideas and morality in policy changes, this book illustrates how the moral economy of activation leads to a permanent behaviourist testing of the unemployed in public debate as well as in local jobcentres.

Connecting People with Jobs Reaching Out and Activating Inactive and Unemployed Persons in Bulgaria

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264320024
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (643 download)

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Book Synopsis Connecting People with Jobs Reaching Out and Activating Inactive and Unemployed Persons in Bulgaria by : OECD

Download or read book Connecting People with Jobs Reaching Out and Activating Inactive and Unemployed Persons in Bulgaria written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report on Bulgaria is the eighth country study published in a series of reports looking into how policies connect people with jobs. It provides a detailed analysis of Bulgaria’s inactive and unemployed population and identifies groups of people who would benefit from measures and services provided by Bulgaria’s Public Employment Service.

Psychology, Punitive Activation and Welfare

Author : Rose-Marie Stambe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000599078
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Psychology, Punitive Activation and Welfare written by Rose-Marie Stambe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores welfare politics, unemployment, and interventions in relation to the labour market from a critical psychological perspective. Using critical fieldwork and theory, the author explores the administration of the unemployed, and the drive to increase labour market participation through strategies of activation. There is a strong and coherent conceptual and theoretical framing for this work, with a critical perspective (essentially, question everything) taking centre stage. It will give an overall coherence in addressing the topic. The theoretical framing is cogent and, in combination with the critical perspective, works well for integrating the material and delivering a fresh approach to this topic. Psychology, Punitive Activation and Welfare will appeal to students engaging with critical psychology, unemployment or policy, by providing a distinct application of theoretical and methodological tools to think differently about the relationship between labour market non/participation, human misery, psychology, and frontline enactment of policy and research.

Activation Policies for the Unemployed, the Right to Work and the Duty to Work

Author : Elise Dermine
Publisher : Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9782875742322
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Activation Policies for the Unemployed, the Right to Work and the Duty to Work written by Elise Dermine and published by Peter Lang Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1990s and the 2000s, Western social protection systems have experienced a turn towards activation. This turn consists of the multiplication of measures aimed at bringing those who are unemployed closer to participation in the labour market. These measures often induce a strengthening of the conditions that must be met in order to receive social benefits. <BR> It is in this well known context that the authors gathered in this book decided to take a closer look at the relationship between activation policies for the unemployed and the right and the duty to work. If activation measures are likely to increase transitions towards the labour market, we can also make the assumption that they may, particularly when they are marked with the seal of coercion, hinder or dramatically reduce the right to freely chosen work. In such circumstances, the realisation of the -right to work-, which is often stated to be the aim of those who promote activation, tends in practice to be reduced to an increasing pressure being exerted on the unemployed. In this case, isn't it actually the duty to work that is particularly reinforced? <BR> After an historical and philosophical perspective on the issue, this assumption is confronted with the developments observed in the United States and in France, and then with the guidelines laid down in international human rights instruments. What follows is a discussion of two alternatives to the dominant activation model: the basic income guarantee and the employment guarantee."

The Moral Economy of Activation

Author : Hansen, Magnus
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447349962
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Book Synopsis The Moral Economy of Activation by : Hansen, Magnus

Download or read book The Moral Economy of Activation written by Hansen, Magnus and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activation policies which promote and enforce labour market participation continue to proliferate in Europe and constitute the reform blueprint from centre-left to centre-right, as well as for most international organizations. Through an in-depth study of four major reforms in Denmark and France, this book maps how co-existing ideas are mobilised to justify, criticise and reach activation compromises and how their morality sediment into the instruments governing the unemployed. By rethinking the role of ideas and morality in policy changes, this book illustrates how the moral economy of activation leads to a permanent behaviourist testing of the unemployed in public debate as well as in local jobcentres.

Activating the Unemployed

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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (488 download)

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Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe

Author : Martin Heidenreich
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783474920
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Book Synopsis Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe by : Martin Heidenreich

Download or read book Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe written by Martin Heidenreich and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

OECD Employment Outlook 2007

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264033041
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book OECD Employment Outlook 2007 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-06-18 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2007 edition of OECD's annual Employment Outlook presents a series of articles supporting the recommendation that rather than seeing globalisation as a threat, OECD governments should focus on improving labour regulations and social protection systems to help people adapt to job markets.

Connecting People with Jobs: The Labour Market, Activation Policies and Disadvantaged Workers in Slovenia

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264265341
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (642 download)

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Book Synopsis Connecting People with Jobs: The Labour Market, Activation Policies and Disadvantaged Workers in Slovenia by : OECD

Download or read book Connecting People with Jobs: The Labour Market, Activation Policies and Disadvantaged Workers in Slovenia written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the use of activation policies in Slovenia to improve labour market outcomes for long-term unemployed people, low-skilled workers, older workers, and workers who were made or are at risk of becoming displaced.

Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes in Europe

Author : SALTSA (Program)
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9789052010489
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (14 download)

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Book Synopsis Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes in Europe by : SALTSA (Program)

Download or read book Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes in Europe written by SALTSA (Program) and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Labour Market Triangle

Author : Paul de Beer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849803277
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book The Labour Market Triangle written by Paul de Beer and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book presents an in-depth study of the particular combination of unemployment insurance, employment protection and active labour market policies prevalent in seven European countries. Currently, European governments are being challenged to find an optimal social policy strategy that fosters 'flexicurity , whereby a flexible, well-functioning labour market is achieved, while protection for workers is maintained. The contributors explore the formal laws and regulations, as well as the administration and implementation of social policy, paying special attention to the role of the social partners. A detailed country comparison shows that the combination of social policy instruments is important to labour market performance, but that multiple optimal mixes already appear to exist. The Labour Market Triangle will prove invaluable to academics in the field of policy research, including economists, sociologists and political scientists. Policy advisers and practitioners in the field of social policy, as well as representatives of trade unions, employers associations and political parties will find this multidisciplinary book of great interest.

Activation and Labour Market Reforms in Europe

Author : S. Betzelt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230307639
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Activation and Labour Market Reforms in Europe written by S. Betzelt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts. It argues that the liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western European states challenges the specific patterns of social citizenship in each country.

Building Effective Employment Programs for Unemployed Youth in the Middle East and North Africa

Author : Diego F. Angel-Urdinola
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821399055
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Book Synopsis Building Effective Employment Programs for Unemployed Youth in the Middle East and North Africa by : Diego F. Angel-Urdinola

Download or read book Building Effective Employment Programs for Unemployed Youth in the Middle East and North Africa written by Diego F. Angel-Urdinola and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the labor market challenges that countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are facing (notably high unemployment, prevalence of skills mismatches, low labor market mobility, and lack of formal employment networks), employment services could be a relevant policy instrument to assist unemployed individuals to find jobs. Despite high and increasing unemployment rates, employers in the region are facing difficulties to find workers whose competences and skills fit their employment needs. The study first surveys international best practices for the delivery of employment services and then reviews the provision of these services in a selected group of countries in the MENA region, with a focus on public provision through existing public employment agencies. Findings indicate public agencies in the region face many challenges for the effective delivery of employment programs, namely poor administrative capacity,system fragmentation, lack of governance and accountability, regulation bottlenecks, and flaws in program design. In order to help unemployed workers to obtain the competences required by available jobs, this study proposes a reform agenda based on the development of strong partnerships between public agencies, public providers, and employers for the design and implementation of flexible employment programs that respond to real employment needs. These partnershipss will need to be developed with strong governance mechanisms that make beneficiaries, private providers, and firms accountable for making sure that investments in employment programs lead to employment insertion. The book is directed to policy makers, practitioners, economists, and anyone interested in international best practices to promote a more effective delivery of employment services.