Activation or Workfare? Governance and the Neo-Liberal Convergence / Ivar Lodemel (2014)

Titre : Activation or Workfare? Governance and the Neo-Liberal Convergence Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Ivar Lodemel, Auteur ; Amilcar Moreira, Auteur Editeur : Oxford University Press Année de publication : 2014 Importance : 367 p ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-977358-9 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : In last decade of the 20th century, in both the United States and Europe, there was a move toward the introduction/strengthening of activation requirements as an eligibility condition to minimum income (MI) benefits. Since then, a number of developments have taken place. Based on evidence from the United States, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the Czech Republic, this book captures the direction and significance of these developments. The book makes two broad contributions to the literature. First, the book shows that the periof between 2000 and 2008, is marked by two parallel trends. The first concerns the strengthening of the role of the market in the governance of activation. The second trend concerns the strengthening of efforts to adjust the delivery of activation services to the needs and characteristics of MI recipients (i.e., the individualization of service delivery). There are, however, some important variations, with some countries veering toward the strengthening of the role of the market (“marketizers”) and others adopting for a broader approach (“comprehensive reformers”). Then, taking a longer view, that covers developments in the activation strategy from the first set of reforms in the 1980s until the present, the book also shows that whilst the first wave of reforms pursued a strategy emphasizing the strengthening of participants’ human resources, the second wave, resulted in a a close to uniform move toward Work First. The current crisis has, so far, resulted in further curtailments of rights.

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After austerity / Peter Taylor-Gooby (2017) 

Titre : After austerity : Welfare state transformation in Europe after the great recession Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Peter Taylor-Gooby, Éditeur scientifique ; Benjamin Leruth, Éditeur scientifique ; Heejung Chung, Éditeur scientifique Editeur : Oxford University Press Année de publication : 2017 Importance : 229 p ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-879027-3 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : European welfare states are undergoing profound change, driven by globalisation, technical changes, and population ageing. More immediately the aftermath of the Great Recession and unprecedented levels of immigration have imposed additional pressures. This book examines welfare state transformations across a representative range of European countries and at the EU level, and considers likely new directions in social policy. It reviews the dominant neo-liberal austerity response and discusses social investment, fightback, welfare chauvinism and protectionism. It argues that the class solidarities and cleavages that shaped the development of welfare states are no longer powerful. Tensions surrounding divisions between old and young, women and men, immigrants and denizens, and the winners in a new more competitive world and those who feel left behind are becoming steadily more important. European countries have entered a period of greater political instability and this is reflected in policy directions. Austerity predominates nearly everywhere, but patterns of social investment, protectionism, neo-Keynesian intervention and fightback vary between countries. We identify areas of convergence and difference in European welfare state futures.

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Antecedents of the International Labour Organization / John W. Follows (1951)

Titre : Antecedents of the International Labour Organization Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : John W. Follows, Auteur Editeur : Oxford University Press Année de publication : 1951 Importance : 234 p Langues : Anglais (eng)

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Decent incomes for all / Bea Cantillon (2019) 

Titre : Decent incomes for all : Improving Policies in Europe Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Bea Cantillon, Éditeur scientifique ; Tim Goedemé, Éditeur scientifique ; John Hills, Éditeur scientifique Editeur : Oxford University Press Année de publication : 2019 Importance : 314 p ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-084969-6 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : In 2000, the first social agenda in the history of the European Union was launched, and the endeavor to combat poverty came increasingly to the forefront as a specific area for EU policy cooperation and coordination. Regrettably, however, little progress has been achieved so far, either at the national or European level. On the contrary, the EU's social fabric is under major stress: convergence in national living standards has halted or reversed while progress in terms of poverty reduction in the last decades has been disappointing in most EU Member States. In Europe, despite high social spending and work-related welfare reforms, poverty often remains a largely intractable problem for policymakers and a persistent reality for many European citizens. In Decent Incomes for All, the authors shed new light on recent poverty trends in the European Union and the corresponding responses by European welfare states. They analyze the effect of social and fiscal policies before, during, and after the recent economic crisis and study the impact of alternative policy packages on poverty and inequality. The volume also explores how social investment and local initiatives of social innovation can contribute to tackling poverty, while recognizing that there are indeed structural constraints on the increase of the social floor and difficult trade-offs involved in reconciling work and poverty reduction. Academics and graduate students in comparative social policy, inclusion and anti-poverty policy, sociology, and public economics will find the book to be a particularly helpful resource in their work.

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Economics of the Welfare State / Nicolas Barr (2012)

Titre : Economics of the Welfare State : 5th edition Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Nicolas Barr, Auteur Editeur : Oxford University Press Année de publication : 2012 Importance : 386 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-929781-8 Langues : Anglais (eng) Note de contenu : Divided into four parts, Economics of the Welfare State focusses upon the fundamentals of the welfare system, including cash benefits, the health service, and education. Rather than simply adressing general public economics, the text fully explores issues such as pensions and poverty relief, making this a unique and invaluable resource for students of public setor economics

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European Social Models from Crisis to Crisis / John Erik Dolvik (2015)

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From Evidence to Action / Benjamin Davis (2016)  

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Improving public services / Douglas J. Besharov (2017) 

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Lobbying the European Union : Institutions, Actors, and Issues / David Coen (2009)  

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Principles of sustainable finance / Dirk Schoenmaker (2019) 

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