Social Policy and Citizenship - The Changing Landscape (Hardcover)

In both Europe and America, the landscape of social policies has undergone fundamental changes in recent decades, especially in endeavors to develop new welfare arrangements. How does this affect citizenship-at-large as defined by the Marshallian triad of personal, democratic, and social rights?
Taking nine European countries as case studies, the contributions analyze the ways that citizenship has changed in key areas such as social security, labor market policies, and social services. Other chapters concentrate on the theoretical and conceptual challenges that result from the interrelation of changing social policies with different notions of citizenship. Trends in welfare reform have become harder to interpret. They are no longer about simple reductions in social services and entitlements, or a decline in social citizenship; the terms of debate have shifted. In a postindustrial world, individuals are afforded more mobility, autonomy, and responsibility. Security is being reexamined in light of the new risks stemming from a worldwide knowledge-based economy.
Behind the diversity of changes there is a unified agenda taking shape, characterized with concepts like activation, social investments, concerns with inclusion, and the strengthening of links between rights and responsibilities. The contributions in this volume represent an insightful look at the debate between the determination to curb social spending and a new model of an activist state ready to make social investments.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	International Policy Exchange Series
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	November 2012
Editors:	Adalbert Evers (Professor for Comparative Health and Social Policy) • Anne Marie Guillemard (Emeritus Professor of Sociology)
Dimensions:	239 x 163 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-975404-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Promotions
LSN:	0-19-975404-7
Barcode:	9780199754045

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