Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy: Comparing National Policy Designs for Unemployment Assistance

O'Sullivan, Siobhan; Considine, Mark

Contracting-out Welfare Services focuses on the design and overhaul of welfare-to-work systems around the world in the light of the radical re-design of the welfare system; internationally based authors utilise a national/program case study, considering employment services policy and activation practices.

• International contributors bring a global comparative perspective to the subject
• Contributors are all experts in their field, who also draw on a much longer intellectual legacy
• Uses employment services as a case study to advance understanding in relation to a host of broader principles and concepts
• Each paper included within the text uses a national/program case study, and each considers employment services policy in general, and activation practices in particular

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2015-02-23

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781119016496

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Dimensions: 228.60cm x154.90cm

Pages: 184