| Making It Personal: Individualising Activation Services in the Eu Contributor(s): Van Berkel, Rik (Editor), Valkenburg, Ben (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1861347979 ISBN-13: 9781861347978 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: The notion that social services can be provided on a 'one size fits all' basis is being questioned, and the promotion of tailor-made or individualized services means that services are being adjusted to individual circumstances in order to increase their effectiveness. This UK published text explores the notion of 'individualized social services' and what it stands for in various national contexts, not only at the level of policy formation, but at the level of actual implementation and delivery of services. The book focuses on activation services, which are interventions aimed at increasing the employability and labor-market integration of unemployed people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Security |
| Dewey: 361.941 |
| LCCN: 013584785 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.25 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Public social services are increasingly being individualised in order to better meet the differentiated needs of competent and independent citizens and to promote the effectiveness of social interventions. This book addresses this development, focusing on a new type of social services that has become crucial in the 'modernisation' of welfare states: activation services. The book discusses and analyses the individualisation of activation services against the background of social policy reforms on the one hand, and the introduction of new forms of public governance on the other. Critically discussing the rise of individualised social services in the light of various theoretical points of view, it analyses the way in which activation and the 'active subject' are presented in EU discourse. It compares the introduction of individualised activation services in five EU welfare states: the UK, Germany, Italy, Finland and the Czech Republic, focusing on official policies as well as policy practices. The book provides original insights into the phenomenon of the individualised provision of activation services. It is useful reading for policy makers as well as for students and researchers of welfare states, social policies and public governance. |