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New modes of governance in activation policies. 1 / guest editors, Rik van Berkel and Vando Borghi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International journal of sociology & social policy ; v. 27, no. 7/8.
- International journal of sociology and social policy, 0144-333X ; v. 27, no. 7/8
- New modes of governance in activation policies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social policy.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (75 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This e-book is the first of a set of two special issues on new modes of governance in activation policies. Nowadays, the concept of ""governance"" is widely used by social scientists from a variety of disciplines. Reforming governance has become a part of the strategies that governments develop to cope with processes of social change. This e-book looks at one specific area of social policies, activation policies.
- Contents:
- Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; New modes of governance in activation policies; Implementing public employment policy: what happens when non-public agencies take over?; The individual job seeker in the sphere of contractualism; Emergence of new modes of governance in activation policies: Czech experience; Changing modes of governance in activation policies in France and The Netherlands: common path or countermodel?; Re-activating the Nordic welfare states: do we find a distinct universalistic model?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-07886-7
- 9786611078867
- 1-84663-559-4
- OCLC:
- 182545682
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