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Integrated Services in Activation Policies in Finland and Italy: A Critical Appraisal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2008

Angela Genova
Angela Genova*
Affiliation:
Institute of Sociology, University of Urbino, Via Saffi 15, 61029 Urbino, PU, Italy E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The integration of welfare services in activation policies has been one of the common answers to welfare challenges in EU member states over the last two decades. The process has been interwoven with the rescaling both downwards and upwards of welfare regulative authorities. The article discusses the role of integrated services in activation policies in relation to the centralisation and decentralisation of welfare policies in a comparative perspective of different EU welfare regimes and highlights the role of local institutional milieus in shaping path-dependent modes of governance in integrated services.

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Themed Section on The Governance of Activation
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , July 2008 , pp. 379 - 392
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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