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Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship
Jorgen Per
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Description for Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship
paperback. Social marginalisation due to changing labour markets in a global, knowledge-intensive economy poses a major challenge to international welfare states. Addressing the problem from a citizenship perspective, this book contributes significantly to the understanding of policy problems and the development of appropriate strategies. Editor(s): Andersen, Jorgen Goul; Jensen, Per H. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6fig.15tabs. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBL; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 551.
Changing labour markets, welfare policies and citizenship readdresses the question of how full citizenship may be preserved and developed in the face of enduring labour market pressures. It: clarifies the relationship between changing labour markets, welfare policies and citizenship; discusses possible ways in which the spill-over effect from labour market marginality to loss of citizenship can be prevented; specifies this problem in relation to the young, older people, men and women and immigrants; offers theoretical and conceptual definitions of citizenship as a new, alternative approach to empirical analyses of labour market marginalisation and its consequences; highlights the lessons ... Read more
Changing labour markets, welfare policies and citizenship readdresses the question of how full citizenship may be preserved and developed in the face of enduring labour market pressures. It: clarifies the relationship between changing labour markets, welfare policies and citizenship; discusses possible ways in which the spill-over effect from labour market marginality to loss of citizenship can be prevented; specifies this problem in relation to the young, older people, men and women and immigrants; offers theoretical and conceptual definitions of citizenship as a new, alternative approach to empirical analyses of labour market marginalisation and its consequences; highlights the lessons ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861342720
SKU
V9781861342720
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99-50
About Jorgen Per
Jorgen Goul Andersen is Professor of Political Sociology at the Centre for Comparative Welfare State Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the economic and political challenges of current welfare states, and on political behaviour, political participation and democracy. Per H. Jensen is a sociologist and currently Associate Professor in Comparative Welfare ... Read more
Reviews for Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship
"... a useful and informative book, which addresses some of the key social policy issues of the day." Work, Employment and Society "... students of comparative European social policy will find this a useful source book." Journal of Social Policy "A state-of-the-art account of the most pressing social policy issue in European countries: employment and unemployment. Views of experts from ... Read more