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An Offer You Can't Refuse

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Description for An Offer You Can't Refuse Paperback.
In the last decade, developed welfare states have witnessed a pendulum swing away from unconditional entitlement to social assistance, towards greater emphasis on obligations and conditions tied to the receipt of financial aid. Through administrative reforms, conditions of entitlement have been narrowed. With the introduction of compulsory work for recipients the contract between the state and uninsured unemployed people is changing. The product of research funded by the European Union, this book compares 'work-for-welfare' - or workfare - programmes objectively for the first time. It considers well publicised schemes from the United States alongside more overlooked examples of workfare programmes from six European ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861341952
SKU
V9781861341952
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About Ivar L Demel
Professor Ivar Lodemel is a Professor/Research Director at Oslo University College, Norway.

Reviews for An Offer You Can't Refuse
"This is an important and highly readable book and it marks the first time that workfare programmes have been collated in such an easily accessible format." European Access Plus "... an excellent edited collection which provides insightful discussions of workfare policies and programs in the United States and several European countries." Journal of Progressive Human Services "An excellent volume. ... Read more

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