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Author:   Ivar Lodemel (Professor of Social Work, Professor of Social Work, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway, Norway) ,  Amilcar Moreira (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway, Portugal)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.635kg
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9780199773589

ISBN 10:   0199773580
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   13 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction: Waves of Activation Reform Amílcar Moreira and Ivar Lødemel Chapter 2 - Norwegian activation reform on a wave of wider welfare state change: A critical assessment Erika Gubrium, Ivar Lødemel, and Ivan Harsløf Chapter 3 - Workfare with welfare revisited: Instigating dual tracks based on ethnicity Jon Kvist and Ivan Harsløf Chapter 4 -Activation for all: Welfare reform in the UK, 1995 to 2009 Julia Griggs, Andrew Hammond, and Robert Walker Chapter 5 - Activation and reform in the United States: What time has told Theresa Anderson, Katharine Kairys, and Michael Wiseman Chapter 6 - From legitimacy to effectiveness: Developments in activation in The Netherlands Henk Spies and Nico van de Vrie Chapter 7 - Germany: Ambivalent activation Jochen Clasen and Alexander Goerne Chapter 8 - Implementing a myth: The evolution of conditionality in French minimum income provision Daniel Clegg and Bruno Palier Chapter 9 - From gateway to safety net: The dynamics of activation reforms in Portugal Amílcar Moreira, Daniel Carolo, and Rui Nicola Chapter 10 - From protection towards activation: Reform of social assistance in the Czech Republic Tomá%s Sirovátka Chapter 11 - Governing Activation in the 21st Century: A (hi)story of change Amílcar Moreira and Ivar Lødemel Chapter 12 - Trajectories of change: Activation reforms from inception to times of austerity Ivar Lødemel and Erika Gubrium Index

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Ivar Lodemel is Professor of Social Work at Oslo University College. Amílcar Moreira With a PhD in Social and Policy Sciences from the University of Bath (UK), Amilcar Moreira is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon.

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