Activating the Unemployed: A Comparative Appraisal of Work-Oriented Policies

By Rebecca A. Van Voorhis and Neil Gilbert

The last decade has witnessed a conspicuous alteration in policies protecting unemployed people in modern welfare states. Social policies are increasingly designed to encourage economic independence. Policy makers have introduced a wide range of reforms linking disability, unemployment, and welfare programs cash benefits to work-oriented measures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076580767X
• ISBN13: 9780765807670
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"