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The origins of active social policy : labour market and childcare polices in a comparative perspective / Giuliano Bonoli.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 219 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199669769 (hbk.) :
  • 0199669767 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.61094 BON
LOC classification:
  • HN373.5
Contents:
1.Introduction -- 2.Defining active social policy -- 3.Mapping variation in active social policies -- 4.Explaining the emergence of active social policy -- 5.Active labour market policies in a comparative perspective -- 6.Childcare policy in a comparative perspective -- 7.Quantitative evidence: the determinants of public spending on active labour market policy and childcare -- 8.The origins of active social policy.
Summary: Using both qualitative and quantitative analysis, this book examines why most Western European countries have reoriented their welfare states away from income protection and in the direction of employment promotion.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 362.61094 BON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 216499

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Introduction -- 2.Defining active social policy -- 3.Mapping variation in active social policies -- 4.Explaining the emergence of active social policy -- 5.Active labour market policies in a comparative perspective -- 6.Childcare policy in a comparative perspective -- 7.Quantitative evidence: the determinants of public spending on active labour market policy and childcare -- 8.The origins of active social policy.

Using both qualitative and quantitative analysis, this book examines why most Western European countries have reoriented their welfare states away from income protection and in the direction of employment promotion.

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