LEADER 04569nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910966561603321 005 20251116181940.0 010 $a94-006-0112-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001046765 035 $a(EBL)3327207 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001176338 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11627228 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001176338 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11129899 035 $a(PQKB)10458419 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3327207 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3327207 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10661290 035 $a(OCoLC)929118323 035 $a(BIP)41564548 035 $a(BIP)41564546 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001046765 100 $a20130304d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA critical perspective on the reform of Dutch social security law $ethe case of the life course arrangement /$fdoor Anja Eleveld 205 $a1st ed. 210 $a[Amsterdam?] $cLeiden University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 225 1 $aMeijers Reeks/LUP 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a90-8728-174-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Theory and methodology -- pt. 2. The emergence of new ideas in the policy discourse -- pt. 3. The establishment of the life course arrangement -- pt. 4. Governmentality and the constructionof the new worker -- pt. 5. Main findings, conclusion and outlook. 330 $aDutch social security law has changed during the last decades. Values of equality and solidarity, which traditionally underpin social security law, are slowly being replaced by the value of individual responsibility. This transformation is embodied in the Life Course Arrangement, an individual savings scheme for (new) social risks that was introduced in Dutch social security law in 2006. In 2013 this arrangement will be replaced by the Vitality Arrangement. How can the establishment of the idea of individual savings schemes in traditional collective social security law be explained? And is it possible to criticize those changes without reverting to some notion of justice?The introduction of the Life Course Arrangement serves as a paradigmatic case for this study.Based on a (juridical) discourse analysis of a selection of (policy) texts and interviews with key actors involved in the policy process, this study shows that the establishment of the idea of individual savings schemes in traditional Dutch collective social security law was, amongst other things, the result of the introduction of the new signifiers 'life course' and 'life course perspective' in the social security discourse. These signifiers made people see things in a different way and constructed a new space of representation that enabled the reconciliation of formerly opposite views. For example, the new discourse that emerged was structured around the fantasy that increased labor market participation and more time for care and/or leisure are reconcilable. The study also shows how the Life Course Arrangement emerged in an atmosphere of antagonism and disagreement. Yet, due to a strong aging society narrative the idea of individual savings schemes was able to survive in Dutch social security law.The introduction of the Life Course Arrangement is criticized for ignoring the voices of those who joined the earlier 'life course discourse coalition' and for constructing a self responsible life planner as a new governable subject. The study argues that this subject must be distinguished from the ethical subject who strives for a genuine access to freedom practices. The insights gained in this study can both improve the methodological development of research that is based on discourse theory and incite policymakers and social lawyers to rethink recent social security reforms. This is a volume in the series of the Meijers Research Institute and Graduate School of Leiden University. This study was conducted within the framework of the research programme Reform of Social Legislation. 410 0$aMeijers Reeks/LUP 606 $aSocial security$xLaw and legislation$zNetherlands 615 0$aSocial security$xLaw and legislation 676 $a344.49202 700 $aEleveld$b Anja$01871622 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966561603321 996 $aA critical perspective on the reform of Dutch social security law$94480511 997 $aUNINA