Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Glossary
- Preface
- one Changing labour markets, unemployment and unemployment policies in a citizenship perspective
- two Employment and unemployment in Europe: overview and new trends
- three Unemployment and unemployment policy in the UK: increasing employability and redefining citizenship
- four To be or not to be employed? Unemployment in a ‘work society’
- five France: the impossible new social compromise?
- six Labour market participation in the Netherlands: trends, policies and outcomes
- seven Is high unemployment due to welfare state protection? Lessons from the Swedish experience
- eight Denmark: from the edge of the abyss to a sustainable welfare state
- nine Unemployment and (un)employment policies in Norway: the case of an affluent but oil-dependent economy: the paradox of plenty?
- ten Unemployment and unemployment policy in Finland
- eleven Slovenia’s navigation through a turbulent transition
- twelve Unemployment and unemployment policy in Switzerland
- thirteen Work, welfare and citizenship: diversity and variation within European (un)employment policy
- References
- Index
- Also available from The Policy Press
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Glossary
- Preface
- one Changing labour markets, unemployment and unemployment policies in a citizenship perspective
- two Employment and unemployment in Europe: overview and new trends
- three Unemployment and unemployment policy in the UK: increasing employability and redefining citizenship
- four To be or not to be employed? Unemployment in a ‘work society’
- five France: the impossible new social compromise?
- six Labour market participation in the Netherlands: trends, policies and outcomes
- seven Is high unemployment due to welfare state protection? Lessons from the Swedish experience
- eight Denmark: from the edge of the abyss to a sustainable welfare state
- nine Unemployment and (un)employment policies in Norway: the case of an affluent but oil-dependent economy: the paradox of plenty?
- ten Unemployment and unemployment policy in Finland
- eleven Slovenia’s navigation through a turbulent transition
- twelve Unemployment and unemployment policy in Switzerland
- thirteen Work, welfare and citizenship: diversity and variation within European (un)employment policy
- References
- Index
- Also available from The Policy Press
Summary
This volume is the outcome of the research network COST Action A13, ‘Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship’. COST is an intergovernmental framework for European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research (including related social science research fields), allowing the coordination of nationally funded research on a European level (for further information about COST, see http://cost.cordis.lu).
The purpose of COST A13 is to examine the effects of social security systems and welfare institutions on processes of social marginalisation, from a citizenship perspective. This includes intended and positive effects as well as possible negative side effects, and the development of policies in relation to such challenges. Some 80 experts, appointed by 17 countries, participate in the COST A13 network, which runs for the five years 1998-2003 (for further information about COST A13, see http://www.socsci.auc.dk/cost).
The work is divided between four working groups: unemployment, ageing and work, gender issues, and youth employment/unemployment. This volume has been prepared by the working group on unemployment, which is an interdisciplinary group of sociologists, economists and political scientists. The book provides an up-to-date and comparative overview and analysis of general trends in unemployment, policy strategies and their theoretical underpinnings, and a series of country analyses focusing on the most interesting aspects from a comparative perspective.
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- Europe's New State of WelfareUnemployment, Employment Policies and Citizenship, pp. xPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2002