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Contracting-Out Welfare Services: Comparing National Policy Designs for Unemployment Assistance
Contributor(s): O'Sullivan, Siobhan (Author), Considine, Mark (Author)
ISBN: 1119016495     ISBN-13: 9781119016496
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $34.44  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare
Dewey: 361.006
LCCN: 2014044073
Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.66 lbs) 184 pages
 
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Contracting-out Welfare Services focuses on the design and overhaul of welfare-to-work systems around the world in the light of the radical re-design of the welfare system; internationally based authors utilise a national/program case study, considering employment services policy and activation practices.

  • International contributors bring a global comparative perspective to the subject
  • Contributors are all experts in their field, who also draw on a much longer intellectual legacy
  • Uses employment services as a case study to advance understanding in relation to a host of broader principles and concepts
  • Each paper included within the text uses a national/program case study, and each considers employment services policy in general, and activation practices in particular