De olika världarna av aktivering - ett komparativt perspektiv
2009 (Swedish)In: Aktivering - arbetsmarknadspolitik och socialt arbete i förändring / [ed] Håkan Johansson, Iver Hornemann Møller, Malmö: Liber , 2009, 1, p. 225-249Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
The book chapter compares activation policies in Sweden, Germany and the UK as three different welfare regimes. The analysis starts out from a broad perspective on activation as passive and active attempts to redesign unemployment policies with a focus on increasing the linkage between work and welfare. It is argued that activation policies differ considerably between countries, but also in regard to different groups of the unemployed according to their status within existing benefit systems. Regime differences are generally maintained, but there are signs of convergence with regard to the weakest labour market groups and welfare clients.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Liber , 2009, 1. p. 225-249
Keywords [en]
activation, workfare, enablement, unemployment, welfare state, social policy, labour market, labour market policy, social assistance, social insurance, social protection, unemployment assistance, unemployment insurance, unemployment protection, international comparison, sweden, uk, germany
National Category
Social Sciences Social Sciences Social Work Sociology
Research subject
Social Sciences, Social Work; Social Sciences, Sociology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-7418ISBN: 978-91-47-09075-4 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vxu-7418DiVA, id: diva2:300950
2010-03-012010-03-012010-03-10Bibliographically approved