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

It is often argued that European welfare states, with regulated labour markets, relatively generous social protection and relatively high wage equality (compressed wage structures), have become counter-productive in a globalised and knowledge-intensive economy. Using in-depth, comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of employment, welfare and citizenship in a number of European countries, this book challenges this view. It provides: a comprehensive critique of the idea of globalisation as a challenge to European welfare states; an updated overview of employment and unemployment levels in Europe; detailed country chapters with new and previously inaccessible information about employment and unemployment policies written by national experts. "Unemployment, Welfare Policies and Citizenship" is aimed at students and teachers of social policy, welfare studies, politics and economics. 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

It is often argued that European welfare states, with regulated labour markets, relatively generous social protection and relatively high wage equality, have become counter-productive in a globalised and knowledge-intensive economy. Using in-depth, comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of employment, welfare and citizenship in a number of European countries, this book challenges this view. It provides: an overview of employment and unemployment in Europe at the beginning of the 21st century; a comprehensive critique of the idea of globalisation as a challenge to European welfare states; detailed country chapters with new and previously inaccessible information about employment and unemployment policies written by national experts. Europe's new state of welfare is essential reading for students and teachers of social policy, welfare studies, politics and economics.

It is often argued that the regulated labour markets, relatively generous social protection and relative wage equality of European welfare states has become counter-productive in a globalised and knowledge-intensive economy. Using in-depth analysis of employment, welfare and citizenship in a range of European states, this book challenges this view. This book challenges the underlying presupposition that regular employment is the royal road to inclusion. Drawing on original empirical research, it investigates the inclusionary and exclusionary potentials of different types of work, including activation programmes Análise comparativa sobre mercado de trabalho, emprego e desemprego nos seguintes países: Reino Unido, França, Países Baixos, Suécia, Dinamarca, Noruega, Finlândia, Eslovênia, Suiça