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Workfare States
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Author : Jamie Peck
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 2001-02-13
Workfare States written by Jamie Peck and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-13 with Political Science categories.
This book examines the political economy of workfare, the umbrella term for welfare-to-work initiatives that have been steadily gaining ground since candidate Bill Clinton's 1992 promise to "end welfare as we know it." Peck traces the development, diffusion, and implementation of workfare policies in the United States, and their export to Canada and the United Kingdom. He explores how reforms have been shaped by labor markets and political conditions, how gender and race come into play, and how local programs fit into the broader context of neoliberal economics and globalization. The book cogently demonstrates that workfare rarely involves large-scale job creation, but is more concerned with deterring welfare claims and necessitating the acceptance of low-paying, unstable jobs. Integrating labor market theory, critical policy analysis, and extensive field research, Peck exposes the limitations of workfare policies and points toward more equitable alternatives.
Workfare States
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Author : Jamie Peck
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 2001-02-13
Workfare States written by Jamie Peck and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-13 with Political Science categories.
This book examines the political economy of workfare, the umbrella term for welfare-to-work initiatives that have been steadily gaining ground since candidate Bill Clinton's 1992 promise to "end welfare as we know it." Peck traces the development, diffusion, and implementation of workfare policies in the United States, and their export to Canada and the United Kingdom. He explores how reforms have been shaped by labor markets and political conditions, how gender and race come into play, and how local programs fit into the broader context of neoliberal economics and globalization. The book cogently demonstrates that workfare rarely involves large-scale job creation, but is more concerned with deterring welfare claims and necessitating the acceptance of low-paying, unstable jobs. Integrating labor market theory, critical policy analysis, and extensive field research, Peck exposes the limitations of workfare policies and points toward more equitable alternatives.
A Comparative Review Of Workfare Programmes In The United States Canada And Australia
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Author : Richard Crisp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
A Comparative Review Of Workfare Programmes In The United States Canada And Australia written by Richard Crisp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Employment re-entry categories.
Work And The Welfare State
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Author : Evelyn Z. Brodkin
language : en
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Release Date : 2013-08-14
Work And The Welfare State written by Evelyn Z. Brodkin and has been published by Georgetown University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-14 with Political Science categories.
Work and the Welfare State places street-level organizations at the analytic center of welfare-state politics, policy, and management. This volume offers a critical examination of efforts to change the welfare state to a workfare state by looking at on-the-ground issues in six countries: the US, UK, Australia, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. An international group of scholars contribute organizational studies that shed new light on old debates about policies of workfare and activation. Peeling back the political rhetoric and technical policy jargon, these studies investigate what really goes on in the name of workfare and activation policies and what that means for the poor, unemployed, and marginalized populations subject to these policies. By adopting a street-level approach to welfare state research, Work and the Welfare State reveals the critical, yet largely hidden, role of governance and management reforms in the evolution of the global workfare project. It shows how these reforms have altered organizational arrangements and practices to emphasize workfare’s harsher regulatory features and undermine its potentially enabling ones. As a major contribution to expanding the conceptualization of how organizations matter to policy and political transformation, this book will be of special interest to all public management and public policy scholars and students.
Questions And Answers About Workfare
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Author : United States. Food and Nutrition Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Questions And Answers About Workfare written by United States. Food and Nutrition Service and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Food stamps categories.
An Offer You Can T Refuse
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Author : Lødemel, Ivar
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2001-01-24
An Offer You Can T Refuse written by Lødemel, Ivar and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-24 with Political Science categories.
In the last decade, developed welfare states have witnessed a pendulum swing away from unconditional entitlement to social assistance, towards greater emphasis on obligations and conditions tied to the receipt of financial aid. Through administrative reforms, conditions of entitlement have been narrowed. With the introduction of compulsory work for recipients the contract between the state and uninsured unemployed people is changing. The product of research funded by the European Union, this book compares 'work-for-welfare' - or workfare - programmes objectively for the first time. It considers well publicised schemes from the United States alongside more overlooked examples of workfare programmes from six European countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and Britain. It is the first time that details of workfare programmes have been collated in such an easily accessible format. 'An offer you can't refuse' provides an analysis of the ideological debates that surround compulsory work programmes and gives a detailed overview of the programmes implemented in each country, including their political and policy contexts and the forces that have combined to facilitate their implementation. Similarities and differences between programmes are explored. Explanations for differences and lessons for policy makers are discussed.
The Workfare State
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Author : Eva Bertram
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2015-05-27
The Workfare State written by Eva Bertram and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-27 with Political Science categories.
In the Great Recession of 2007-2009, the United States suffered the most sustained and extensive wave of job destruction since the Great Depression. When families in need sought help from the safety net, however, they found themselves trapped in a system that increasingly tied public assistance to private employment. In The Workfare State, Eva Bertram recounts the compelling history of the evolving social contract from the New Deal to the present to show how a need-based entitlement was replaced with a work-conditioned safety net, heightening the economic vulnerability of many poor families. The Workfare State challenges the conventional understanding of the development of modern public assistance policy. New Deal and Great Society Democrats expanded federal assistance from the 1930s to the 1960s, according to the standard account. After the 1980 election, the tide turned and Republicans ushered in a new conservative era in welfare politics. Bertram argues that the decisive political struggles took place in the 1960s and 1970s, when Southern Democrats in Congress sought to redefine the purposes of public assistance in ways that would preserve their region's political, economic, and racial order. She tells the story of how the South—the region with the nation's highest levels of poverty and inequality and least generous social welfare policies—won the fight to rewrite America's antipoverty policy in the decades between the Great Society and the 1996 welfare reform. Their successes provided the foundation for leaders in both parties to build the contemporary workfare state—just as deindustrialization and global economic competition made low-wage jobs less effective at providing income security and mobility.
Social Citizenship And Workfare In The United States And Western Europe
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Author : Joel F. Handler
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-04-29
Social Citizenship And Workfare In The United States And Western Europe written by Joel F. Handler and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-29 with Law categories.
This book compares workfare policies in the United States and 'active labor policies' in Western Europe that are aimed primarily at the long-term unemployed, unemployed youth, lone parents, immigrants and other vulnerable groups often referred to collectively as the 'socially excluded'. The Europeans maintain that workfare is the best method of bringing the socially excluded back into mainstream society. Although there are differences in terms of ideology and practice, Joel F. Handler argues that there are also significant similarities, especially field-level practices that serve to exclude those who are the least employable or lack other qualifications that agencies favor. The author also examines strategies for reform, including protective labor legislation, the Open Method of Coordination, the reform of social and employment services, and concludes with an argument for a basic income guarantee, which would not only alleviate poverty but also provide clients with an exit option.
From Welfare To Workfare
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Author : Sherrow O. Pinder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
From Welfare To Workfare written by Sherrow O. Pinder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Public welfare categories.
This book examines the causes of the shift from welfare to workfare and documents the effects of this policy change on women, especially single mothers, in Canada and the United States.
Welfare Reform In East Asia
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Author : Chak Kwan Chan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011
Welfare Reform In East Asia written by Chak Kwan Chan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Political Science categories.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of how social welfare in handled in leading East Asian countries, analysing current trends, explaining the social and political background driving reform, describing new programmes and assessing their effectiveness.