Welfare to Work in Contemporary European Welfare States
Legal, Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives on Justice and Domination
Policy Press
1st Edition
Published on 29. January 2020
Book
Hardback
364 pages
978-1-4473-4001-0 (ISBN)
Description
With welfare to work programmes under intense scrutiny, this book reviews a wide range of existing and future policies across Europe.
Seventeen contributors provide case studies and legal, sociological and philosophical perspectives from around the continent, building a rich picture of welfare to work policies and their impact. They show how many schemes do not adequately address social rights and lived experiences, and consider alternatives based on theories of non-domination.
For anyone interested in the justice of welfare to work, this book is an important step along the path towards more fair and adequate legislation.
Seventeen contributors provide case studies and legal, sociological and philosophical perspectives from around the continent, building a rich picture of welfare to work policies and their impact. They show how many schemes do not adequately address social rights and lived experiences, and consider alternatives based on theories of non-domination.
For anyone interested in the justice of welfare to work, this book is an important step along the path towards more fair and adequate legislation.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 s/w Tabellen, 3 s/w Abbildungen
12 Tables, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
713 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-4001-0 (9781447340010)
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Legal, Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives on Justice and Domination
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Persons
Anja Eleveld is a labour lawyer, political scientist and Assistant Professor at the VU University Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the regulation and implementation of conditional welfare.
Thomas Kampen is a sociologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Humanistic Studies. His research focuses on the lived experiences of welfare state reforms in the Netherlands.
Josien Arts received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Amsterdam. She examined local practices of welfare-to-work policy in the Netherlands in the context of post-Fordist labour markets.
Thomas Kampen is a sociologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Humanistic Studies. His research focuses on the lived experiences of welfare state reforms in the Netherlands.
Josien Arts received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Amsterdam. She examined local practices of welfare-to-work policy in the Netherlands in the context of post-Fordist labour markets.
Contributions
Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Sodertorn University (main affilation); Uppsala University; Institute for Future Studies
University of York
Aalborg University, Department of Political Science
Aalborg University, Department of Sociology and Social Work
Aalborg University, Department of Political Science
University of Geneva
University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland
Assistant Professor, University of Southern Denmark
Professor of Law, University of Manchester
Content
Welfare to work, social justice and domination: an introduction to an interdisciplinary normative perspective on welfare policies ~ Anja Eleveld, Thomas Kampen and Josien Arts
PART I: Legal perspectives
Workfare's persistent philosophical and legal issues: forced labour, reciprocity and a basic income guarantee ~ Amir Paz-Fuchs
The right to work: a justification for welfare to work? ~ Elise Dermine
Limitation of welfare to work: the prohibition of forced labour and the right to freely chosen work ~ Elise Dermine
The duty to work as precondition for human dignity: a Swiss perspective on work programmes ~ Melanie Studer and Kurt Paerli
The prohibition of forced labour and the right to freely chosen work: a comparison of Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK ~ Anja Eleveld, Neville Harris and Christian H. Scholer
PART II: Sociological perspectives
Implementing social justice within activation policies: the contribution of the capability approach ~ Jean-Michel Bonvin and Luca Perrig
The silent expansion of welfare to work policies: how policies are enhanced through the use of categorizations, evidence-based knowledge and self-governance ~ Mathias H. Nielsen, Sophie Danneris and Niklas A. Andersen
Questions of conduct and social justice: the ethics of welfare conditionality within UK social security ~ Peter Dwyer
Pressing, repressing and accommodating: local modes of governing social assistance recipients in welfare to work programmes in the Netherlands ~ Josien Arts
Left in limbo: social assistance recipients' evolving views on the fairness of workfare volunteerism ~ Thomas Kampen
PART III: Philosophical perspectives
Welfare to work and the republican theory of non-domination ~ Anja Eleveld
Unconditional basic income and duties of contribution: exploring the republican ethos of justice ~ Simon Birnbaum
Freedom, exit and basic income ~ Stuart White
Conclusion: exit, voice and the minimization of domination in welfare to work relationships ~ Anja Eleveld
PART I: Legal perspectives
Workfare's persistent philosophical and legal issues: forced labour, reciprocity and a basic income guarantee ~ Amir Paz-Fuchs
The right to work: a justification for welfare to work? ~ Elise Dermine
Limitation of welfare to work: the prohibition of forced labour and the right to freely chosen work ~ Elise Dermine
The duty to work as precondition for human dignity: a Swiss perspective on work programmes ~ Melanie Studer and Kurt Paerli
The prohibition of forced labour and the right to freely chosen work: a comparison of Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK ~ Anja Eleveld, Neville Harris and Christian H. Scholer
PART II: Sociological perspectives
Implementing social justice within activation policies: the contribution of the capability approach ~ Jean-Michel Bonvin and Luca Perrig
The silent expansion of welfare to work policies: how policies are enhanced through the use of categorizations, evidence-based knowledge and self-governance ~ Mathias H. Nielsen, Sophie Danneris and Niklas A. Andersen
Questions of conduct and social justice: the ethics of welfare conditionality within UK social security ~ Peter Dwyer
Pressing, repressing and accommodating: local modes of governing social assistance recipients in welfare to work programmes in the Netherlands ~ Josien Arts
Left in limbo: social assistance recipients' evolving views on the fairness of workfare volunteerism ~ Thomas Kampen
PART III: Philosophical perspectives
Welfare to work and the republican theory of non-domination ~ Anja Eleveld
Unconditional basic income and duties of contribution: exploring the republican ethos of justice ~ Simon Birnbaum
Freedom, exit and basic income ~ Stuart White
Conclusion: exit, voice and the minimization of domination in welfare to work relationships ~ Anja Eleveld