Europe's New State of Welfare: Unemployment, Employment Policies and Citizenship

EUROPE’S NEW STATE OF WELFARE......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Notes on contributors......Page 5
Glossary......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Changing unemployment policies and underlying philosophies......Page 15
Citizenship......Page 23
Institutional variations......Page 26
Public policy formation and the plan of this volume......Page 28
Empirical findings from the comparative economic literature......Page 32
The changing unemployment situation......Page 35
Employment and labour force participation......Page 38
Level and structure of unemployment......Page 48
Delineation problems and precarious jobs......Page 56
Social citizenship of the unemployed......Page 63
Conclusion......Page 65
Introduction......Page 70
Unemployment and employment: some British characteristics......Page 71
Hidden aspects and the impact of geographical disparities......Page 74
Improving employability – the major route towards securing full citizenship......Page 77
Conclusion......Page 83
4. To be or not to be employed? Unemployment in a ‘work society’......Page 86
German capitalism......Page 87
Labour market policies and citizenship for a ‘work society’......Page 89
Adapting to the crisis: the devaluation and reversal of social security citizenship......Page 92
Prospects......Page 99
Unemployment patterns in France......Page 102
Liberal reforms: policies oriented towards adapting the French economy to a new competitive context......Page 105
The erratic way of French institutional reforms......Page 109
Liberalism and social citizenship......Page 112
Conclusion......Page 115
Developments in Dutch (un)employment......Page 118
Trends in Dutch social policies......Page 120
A closer look at Dutch activation measures......Page 123
A critical view......Page 128
Brief discussion......Page 133
7. Is high unemployment due to welfare state protection? Lessons from the Swedish experience......Page 134
Patterns of unemployment......Page 135
Institutional arrangements......Page 144
Conclusion......Page 151
Introduction......Page 154
Real improvement of unemployment or just ‘window dressing’?......Page 156
Termination of leave arrangements and other welfare policies......Page 161
Effects and implications for citizenship......Page 169
Conclusions......Page 171
Introduction......Page 174
The 1980s......Page 175
The recession of 1988-93: from work to welfare......Page 176
After the recession: from welfare to work......Page 178
Implications for citizenship......Page 185
Conclusion......Page 188
Introduction......Page 192
Main features of unemployment......Page 193
Policies......Page 195
Income distribution, poverty and citizenship......Page 200
Concluding remarks......Page 202
Introduction......Page 206
A changing labour market......Page 207
Social protection during unemployment: greater control and fewer rights......Page 213
Increasing European and decreasing social citizenship?......Page 221
Introduction......Page 228
Rise in baseline unemployment......Page 229
Sources of the increase......Page 231
Policy responses......Page 238
Conclusions......Page 241
13. Work, welfare and citizenship: diversity and variation within European (un)employment policy......Page 244
Towards activation......Page 246
Citizenship rights......Page 249
Prospects for the future?......Page 252
Conclusion......Page 255
References......Page 258
Index......Page 296