Poverty policy and work demands have been controversial questions in social policy; during the workhouse era of the nineteenth century as well as in current discussions. The concepts of poverty, marginalisation, and social exclusion are analysed in the first part of the book. The later parts describe the present conditions regarding poverty, social assistance and welfare-to-work programs in Sweden. Social assistance developed in the 1980s in the direction of an income guarantee. During the 1990s, policies changed towards activation and control when the Swedish welfare state was burdened by a severe recession. Time-series and longitudinal datasets are used for analysis of the relation between unemployment and receipt of social assistance. Malmö, a traditionally industrial city, was severely hit by the recession with increasing marginalisation and long-term receipt of social assistance. Activation programs are often proposed as a solution and had a central role in municipal policy. According to available evidence from evaluation research, such programs have quite modest effects on work and income and the result was similar in the impact evaluation of the local program.
Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-10
3639021185
ISBN-13
9783639021189
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70701983
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Produktart
Lehrbuch
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
248 Seiten
Verlag
Vdm Verlag
Publikationsname
Making The Poor Work
Autor
Giertz Anders
Format
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr
2008
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Hörbuch
No
Inhaltsbeschreibung
Paperback
Item Length
22cm
Item Height
2cm
Item Width
15cm
Item Weight
385g
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