Active social policies in the EU: Inclusion through participation?
Rik van Berkel and Iver Hornemann Moller
Abstract
This book challenges the underlying presupposition that regular employment is the royal road to inclusion. Drawing on original empirical research, it investigates the inclusionary and exclusionary potentials of different types of work, including activation programmes. This book makes an important contribution to the debates in this area by: reporting on original international comparative research; reflecting on and critically assessing current activating policies; evaluating the consequences of these policies, as well as challenging the premises they are based on; including the perspectives of ... More
This book challenges the underlying presupposition that regular employment is the royal road to inclusion. Drawing on original empirical research, it investigates the inclusionary and exclusionary potentials of different types of work, including activation programmes. This book makes an important contribution to the debates in this area by: reporting on original international comparative research; reflecting on and critically assessing current activating policies; evaluating the consequences of these policies, as well as challenging the premises they are based on; including the perspectives of service users in its analyses; and offering recommendations for the future design of activating policies.
Keywords:
social policies,
employment,
inclusion,
activation,
work,
labour market,
policy makers
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2002 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781861342805 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: March 2012 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781861342805.001.0001 |
