The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe [Hardcover]

During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reforms?to the way that?income protection and activation programmes for the unemployed are implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine European countries, focusing on the reforms programmes themselves, as well as on their effects.List of Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements The Governance of Active Welfare States;? R.van Berkel, W.de Graaf & T.Sirov?tka The Administration of Income Provision and Activation Services;? R.van Berkel Accelerating Governance Reforms: The French Case;? A.Eydoux & ?M.B?raud Fragmented Governance Continued: The German Case;? I.Dingeldey Steering with Sticks, Rowing for Rewards: The New Governance of Activation in the UK; S.Wright The Governance of Activation Policies in Italy: From Centralized and Hierarchical to a Multi-level Open System Model?;? P.R.Graziano & A.Raue The Liberal Governance of a Non-liberal Welfare State? The Case of the Netherlands;? R.van Berkel & ?W.de Graaf Marketization in a Federal System: New Modes of Governance in Unemployment Insurance and Social Assistance in Switzerland;? F.Ehrler & ?F.Sager Governance of Activation Policies in the Czech Republic: Uncoordinated Transformation;? T.Sirov?tka & ?J.Winkler Decentralization and Back to Centralization: The Swedish Case;? R.Minas Governance of Integrated Activation Policy in Finland;? V.Karjalainen & ?P.Saikku The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe in a Comparative Perspective;? R.van Berkel, W.de Graaf & ?T.Sirov?tkaMATHIEU B?RAUD is Senior Lecturer of Economics at the University of Henri Poincar?, Nancy 1, FranceIRENE DINGELDEY is Head of the research unit 'Changes in the Working Society', Institute of Work and Labour in the University of Bremen, GermanyFRANZISKA EHRLER is a Scientific Collaborator at the Swiss Conference for Social Aid and Welfare and a research assistant at the Centre of CompetencelÃ.