Comparing welfare policies in the U.S. and Western Europe aimed at the "workless" population, this study notes that the European labor policies of welfare services offer the best method of bringing the socially excluded back into mainstream society. Despite differences in ideology and practice, Joel Handler argues that there are also significant similarities between the U.S. and the Europeans, especially in field-level practices that serve to exclude the most vulnerable. The author examines strategies for reform and concludes with an argument for a basic income guarantee.
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"Handler provides a powerful critique of the trend from welfare to workfare." Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal
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This book compares workfare policies in the United States and Western Europe that are aimed at the 'workless' population. The Europeans maintain that workfare is the best method of bringing the socially excluded back into mainstream society. Although there are differences in terms of ideology and practice, Joel F. Handler argues that there are also significant similarities, especially field-level practices that serve to exclude the most vulnerable. The author examines strategies for reform and concludes with an argument for a basic income guarantee.
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In the United States, welfare has "ended as we know it." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
paid laborforce, service sector trilemma, basic income guarantee, moral typification, social assistance recipients, laborforce participation, insertion contract, regular labor market, paid labor market, sanctioned families, neoliberal lines, active labor market policies, most employable, social citizenship, employment barriers, activation policies, most welfare recipients, activation programs, subsidized jobs, subsidized employment, many welfare recipients, socially excluded, social assistance benefits, positive integration, workfare programs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, United Kingdom, Western Europe, The Economist, New Deal, European Council, European Union, Federal Government, Golden Age, Earned Income Tax Credit, Los Angeles, New Labour, Anton Hemerijck, Pierre Rosanvallon, White Paper, European Community, Guy Standing, Jonah Levy, Lawrence Mead, Council of Ministers, European Parliament, General Accounting Office, New York Times, Occasional Paper, Paul Pierson New!
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In the United States, welfare has "ended as we know it." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
paid laborforce, service sector trilemma, basic income guarantee, moral typification, social assistance recipients, laborforce participation, insertion contract, regular labor market, paid labor market, sanctioned families, neoliberal lines, active labor market policies, most employable, social citizenship, employment barriers, activation policies, most welfare recipients, activation programs, subsidized jobs, subsidized employment, many welfare recipients, socially excluded, social assistance benefits, positive integration, workfare programs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, United Kingdom, Western Europe, The Economist, New Deal, European Council, European Union, Federal Government, Golden Age, Earned Income Tax Credit, Los Angeles, New Labour, Anton Hemerijck, Pierre Rosanvallon, White Paper, European Community, Guy Standing, Jonah Levy, Lawrence Mead, Council of Ministers, European Parliament, General Accounting Office, New York Times, Occasional Paper, Paul Pierson New!
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- The Future of European Welfare: A New Social Contract? by Martin Rhodes on 8 pages
- United Kingdom (The International Library of Politics and Comparative Government) (v. 1 & 2) by R. A. W. Rhodes on 7 pages
- Recasting European Welfare States by Maurizio Ferrera on 7 pages
- Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) by Herbert Kitschelt on 7 pages
- The New World of Welfare by Rebecca Blank on 4 pages
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- Law and Class in America: Trends Since the Cold War by Paul Carrington in Back Matter
- When Welfare Disappears: The Case for Economic Human Rights by Kenneth J. Neubeck in Back Matter
- Putting Workfare in Place: Local Labour Markets and the New Deal (RGS-IBG Book Series) by Peter Sunley in Back Matter
- Public Administration & Public Management: The Principal-Agent Perspective by Jan-Erik Lane in Back Matter
- Federalism and the Welfare State: New World and European Experiences by Herbert Obinger on page 138
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