Activation and Labour Market Reforms in Europe

MATHIEU BERAUD GREE-2L2S, University of Nancy 2, France RIK VAN BERKEL Utrecht University, The Netherlands KAREN N. BREIDAHL Aalborg University, Denmark ANNE EYDOUX University of Rennes 2 and Centre for Employment Studies, France PAOLO R. GRAZIANO Bocconi University, Italy NANNA KILDAL Stein Rokkan Centre, Bergen, Norway MARIE-THERESE LETABLIER CNRS Paris, France EVEN NILSSEN Stein Rokkan Centre, Bergen, Norway BEGONA PEREZ University of Navarra, Spain SHARON WRIGHT University of Stirling, UK

This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts. It argues that the liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western European states challenges the specific patterns of social citizenship in each country.This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts. It argues that the liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western European states challenges the specific patterns of social citizenship in each country.