Welfare to Work in Contemporary European Welfare States - by Anja Eleveld & Thomas Kampen & Josien Arts (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With welfare to work programmes under intense scrutiny, this book ranges widely across Europe to review existing policies and explore future ones. It shows how many schemes do not adequately address social rights and lived experiences, and consider alternatives based on theories of non-domination.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>With welfare to work programmes under intense scrutiny, this book reviews a wide range of existing and future policies across Europe. Seventeen contributors provide case studies and legal, sociological and philosophical perspectives from around the continent, building a rich picture of welfare to work policies and their impact. They show how many schemes do not adequately address social rights and lived experiences, and consider alternatives based on theories of non-domination. For anyone interested in the justice of welfare to work, this book is an important step along the path towards more fair and adequate legislation.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"This interdisciplinary book... not only advances our understanding of power asymmetries and injustice in WTW policies in Europe but also asks a crucial question: What knowledge, tools, and institutions are needed to challenge domination in modern workfare states?" Social Policy & Administration<br><br>"... a thoroughly convincing and grounded argument for criticizing contemporary welfare to work ideologies and practices... develops a range of standards and options which are open to policy makers. The recommendations are down to the ground and can be implemented straight away." Journal of Social Security Law<br><br>"This book provides a very important analysis and a very insightful critique of Welfare to Work programmes in Europe and social security researchers should be indebted to Anja Eleveld and her colleagues for bringing it to fruition." European Journal of Social Security<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Anja Eleveld is a labour lawyer, political scientist and Assistant Professor at the VU University Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the regulation and implementation of conditional welfare. Thomas Kampen is a sociologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Humanistic Studies. His research focuses on the lived experiences of welfare state reforms in the Netherlands. Josien Arts received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Amsterdam. She examined local practices of welfare-to-work policy in the Netherlands in the context of post-Fordist labour markets.
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