Europe's New State of Welfare: Unemployment, Employment Policies and Citizenship

by Jochen Clasen and Wilm van Oorschot

It is often argued that European welfare states, with regulated labour markets, relatively generous social protection and relatively high wage equality, have become counter-productive in a globalised and knowledge-intensive economy. Using in-depth, comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of employment, welfare and citizenship in a number of European countries, this book challenges this view. It provides: an overview of employment and unemployment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861344376
• ISBN13: 9781861344373
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"