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Activation and Labour Market Reforms in Europe

Challenges to Social Citizenship

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Sigrid Betzelt

    1. Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
      University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany

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  2. Silke Bothfeld

    1. University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany

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Part of the book series: Work and Welfare in Europe (RECOWE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction and Conceptual Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Activation and Labour Market Reforms in Europe: Challenges to Social Citizenship — Introduction

      • Silke Bothfeld, Sigrid Betzelt
      Pages 3-14

    3. How Do Activation Policies Affect Social Citizenship? The Issue of Autonomy

      • Silke Bothfeld, Sigrid Betzelt
      Pages 15-34

  3. The Universal Adult Worker Norm — Tensions between Equality and Diversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Social Security Provision Targeted at Immigrants — A Forerunner for the General Change of Scandinavian Equal Citizenship? A Danish Case Study

      • Karen N. Breidahl
      Pages 37-58

    3. Relinquishing Rights? The Impact of Activation on Citizenship for Lone Parents in the UK

      • Sharon Wright
      Pages 59-78

    4. Social Citizenship and Activation in Europe: A Gendered Perspective

      • Marie-Thérèse Letablier, Anne Eydoux, Sigrid Betzelt
      Pages 79-100

  4. Erosion of Social Status? — Tensions between Core and Periphery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. The Erosion of Social Status: The Case of Germany

      • Sigrid Betzelt, Silke Bothfeld
      Pages 103-124

    3. Redefining Unemployment and Employment Statuses: The Impact of Activation on Social Citizenship in France

      • Mathieu Béraud, Anne Eydoux
      Pages 125-146

    4. Chances and Pitfalls of Flexible Labour Markets: The Case of the Spanish Strategy of Labour Market Flexibility

      • Begoña Pérez, Miguel Laparra
      Pages 147-172

    5. Activation and the Limited Social Citizenship Status of Young and Female Workers: The Italian Case

      • Paolo R. Graziano
      Pages 173-192

  5. Governance and Implementation — Tensions between Standardization and Individualization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. The Local- and Street-Level Production of Social Citizenship: The Case of Dutch Social Assistance

      • Rik van Berkel
      Pages 195-217

    3. Norwegian Welfare Reforms: Social Contracts and Activation Policies

      • Nanna Kildal, Even Nilssen
      Pages 218-239

  6. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. Activation Policies: Potential Enhancement and Factual Restraints of Citizens’ Autonomy

      • Sigrid Betzelt, Silke Bothfeld
      Pages 243-258

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 259-290
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

    Sigrid Betzelt

  • University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany

    Sigrid Betzelt, Silke Bothfeld

About the editors

MATHIEU BÉRAUD GREE-2L2S, University of Nancy 2, France RIK VAN BERKEL Utrecht University, The Netherlands KAREN N. BREIDAHL Aalborg University, Denmark ANNE EYDOUX University of Rennes 2 and Centre for Employment Studies, France PAOLO R. GRAZIANO Bocconi University, Italy NANNA KILDAL Stein Rokkan Centre, Bergen, Norway MARIE-THÉRÈSE LETABLIER CNRS Paris, France EVEN NILSSEN Stein Rokkan Centre, Bergen, Norway BEGOÑA PÉREZ University of Navarra, Spain SHARON WRIGHT University of Stirling, UK

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