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Zusatztext Activation or Workfare? Governance and the Neo-Liberal Convergence is outstanding and informative Informationen zum Autor Ivar Lodemel is Professor of Social Work at Oslo University College. Amílcar Moreira With a PhD in Social and Policy Sciences from the University of Bath (UK), Amilcar Moreira is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. Klappentext This book shows that reforms in Europe and the US in the early 2000's, reflect a strengthening of the role of the Market in the governance of activation, and an individualisation of service delivery. More recent events point, however, to a shift of focus towards cuts in benefits and services. Zusammenfassung This book shows that reforms in Europe and the US in the early 2000's, reflect a strengthening of the role of the Market in the governance of activation, and an individualisation of service delivery. More recent events point, however, to a shift of focus towards cuts in benefits and services. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 - Introduction: Waves of Activation Reform Amílcar Moreira and Ivar Lødemel Chapter 2 - Norwegian activation reform on a wave of wider welfare state change: A critical assessment Erika Gubrium, Ivar Lødemel, and Ivan Harsløf Chapter 3 - Workfare with welfare revisited: Instigating dual tracks based on ethnicity Jon Kvist and Ivan Harsløf Chapter 4 -Activation for all: Welfare reform in the UK, 1995 to 2009 Julia Griggs, Andrew Hammond, and Robert Walker Chapter 5 - Activation and reform in the United States: What time has told Theresa Anderson, Katharine Kairys, and Michael Wiseman Chapter 6 - From legitimacy to effectiveness: Developments in activation in The Netherlands Henk Spies and Nico van de Vrie Chapter 7 - Germany: Ambivalent activation Jochen Clasen and Alexander Goerne Chapter 8 - Implementing a myth: The evolution of conditionality in French minimum income provision Daniel Clegg and Bruno Palier Chapter 9 - From gateway to safety net: The dynamics of activation reforms in Portugal Amílcar Moreira, Daniel Carolo, and Rui Nicola Chapter 10 - From protection towards activation: Reform of social assistance in the Czech Republic Tomáš Sirovátka Chapter 11 - Governing Activation in the 21st Century: A (hi)story of change Amílcar Moreira and Ivar Lødemel Chapter 12 - Trajectories of change: Activation reforms from inception to times of austerity Ivar Lødemel and Erika Gubrium Index ...
