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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451149103321

Autore

Andersen Jorgen Goul

Titolo

The changing face of welfare : Consequences and outcomes from a citizenship perspective

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-4473-0370-9

1-281-15956-5

9786611159566

1-84742-140-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JensenPer H

GuillemardAnne-Marie

Disciplina

306.094/09051

Soggetti

Sozialpolitik

Wohlstand

Welfare state

Social policy

Public welfare

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Cultural Policy

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Anthropology - Cultural

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Popular Culture

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Human Services

Public welfare - Europe

Welfare state - Europe

Electronic books.

Europe

Europe Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fifteen -- Conclusion: policy change, welfare regimes and active citizenshipIndex.



Seven -- Citizenship and the activation of social protection: a comparative approachEight -- The active society and activation policy: ideologies, contexts and effects; Nine -- Individualising citizenship; Ten -- Gender equality, citizenship and welfare state restructuring; Eleven -- New forms of citizenship and social integration in European societies; Twelve -- The outcomes of early retirement in Nordic countries; Thirteen -- Early exit from the labour market, social exclusion and marginalisation in the Uk; Fourteen -- The emergence of social movements by social security claimants.

Cover; The Changing Face Of Welfare -- Consequences and outcomes from a citizenship perspective; Contents; List of tables and figures; Preface; Glossary; Notes on contributors; One -- 'Active' citizenship: the new face of welfare; Two -- The goals of social policy: context and change; Three -- Which way for the European social model: minimum standards or social quality?; Four -- The advent of a flexible life course and the reconfigurations of welfare; Five -- Citizenship, unemployment and welfare policy; Six -- Paradoxes of democracy: the dialectic of inclusion and exclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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.