The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. The Governance of Active Welfare States

   • Rik van Berkel, Willibrord de Graaf, Tomáš Sirovátka

   Pages 1-21

3. The Administration of Income Provision and Activation Services

   • Rik van Berkel

   Pages 22-37

4. Accelerating Governance Reforms: the French Case

   • Anne Eydoux, Mathieu Béraud

   Pages 38-61

5. Fragmented Governance Continued: the German Case

   • Irene Dingeldey

   Pages 62-84

6. Steering with Sticks, Rowing for Rewards: the New Governance of Activation in the UK

   • Sharon Wright

   Pages 85-109

7. The Governance of Activation Policies in Italy: from Centralized and Hierarchical to a Multi-Level Open System Model?

   • Paolo R. Graziano, Annelies Raué

   Pages 110-131

8. The Liberal Governance of a Non-Liberal Welfare State? The Case of the Netherlands

   • Rik van Berkel, Willibrord de Graaf

   Pages 132-152

9. Marketization in a Federal System: New Modes of Governance in Unemployment Insurance and Social Assistance in Switzerland

   • Franziska Ehrler, Fritz Sager

   Pages 153-172

10. Governance of Activation Policies in the Czech Republic: Uncoordinated Transformation

    • Tomáš Sirovátka, Jiří Winkler

    Pages 173-194

11. Decentralization and Back to Centralization: the Swedish Case

    • Renate Minas

    Pages 195-215

12. Governance of Integrated Activation Policy in Finland

    • Vappu Karjalainen, Peppi Saikku

    Pages 216-236

13. The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe in a Comparative Perspective

    • Rik van Berkel, Willibrord de Graaf, Tomáš Sirovátka

    Pages 237-263

14. Back Matter

    Pages 264-279

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During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reforms to the way that income protection and activation programmes for the unemployed are implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine European countries, focusing on the reforms programmes themselves, as well as on their effects.

• employment
• service
• transformation
• unemployment

• Utrecht University, The Netherlands

  Rik Berkel, Willibrord Graaf

• Masaryk University, Czech Republic

  Tomáš Sirovátka

MATHIEU BÉRAUD is Senior Lecturer of Economics at the University of Henri Poincaré, Nancy 1, France IRENE DINGELDEY is Head of the research unit 'Changes in the Working Society', Institute of Work and Labour in the University of Bremen, Germany FRANZISKA EHRLER is a Scientific Collaborator at the Swiss Conference for Social Aid and Welfare and a research assistant at the Centre of Competence for Public Management at the University of Bern, Switzerland ANNE EYDOUX is Senior Lecturer in Economics, Researcher at the CRESS-Lessor, University of Rennes 2, France, and Associate Researcher at the Centre for Employment Studies PAOLO R. GRAZIANO is Assistant Professor at Bocconi University, Italy, and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Studies, Sciences-Politiques, Paris, France VAPPU KARJALAINEN is Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki and a Docent in Rehabilitation Science, University of Lapland, Finland RENATE MINAS is Associate Professor of Social Work at Stockholm University, Sweden, and a Researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, Sweden ANNELIES RAUÉ is Research Assistant at the Institute of Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP) at Columbia University, USA FRITZ SAGER is Professor of Political Science at the Centre of Competence for Public Management, University of Bern, Switzerland PEPPI SAIKKU is Researcher at the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in Helsinki,Finland JI?I WINKLER is Associate Professor in Social Policy and Social Work at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic SHARON WRIGHT is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Stirling, UK

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