Reshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes in Europe (Paperback)

Contents: Amparo Serrano Pascual: Reshaping Welfare States: Activation Regimes in Europe ? Colin Lindsay: The United Kingdom’s ‘Work First’ Welfare State and Activation Regimes in Europe ? Rik van Berkel: Activation in the Netherlands: The Gradual Introduction of a Paradigm Shift ? Flemming Larsen/Mikkel Mailand: Danish Activation Policy: The Role of the Normative Foundation, the Institutional Set-up and Other Drivers ? Eskil Wadensjo: Activation Policy in Sweden ? Jean-Claude Barbier: The French Activation Strategy in a Comparative Perspective ? Jorge Aragon/Fernando Rocha/Ana Santana/Jorge Torrents: The Commitment to Be Actively Available for Work and Employment Policy in Spain ? Pedro Hespanha: The Activation Trend in Portuguese Social Policy. An Open Process? ? Toma? Sirovatka: Activation Policies and Shaping Factors in the Czech Republic ? Amparo Serrano Pascual: Activation Regimes in Europe: A Clustering Exercise.