Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe ─ Active Inclusion and Challenges for Local Welfare Governance

Emphasizing the role of local government in regulating and providing employment and social services, political and other social scientists cite three case studies in each of six European countries representing all established types of welfare state regimes. Their topics include conceptual and empirical challenges for integrating social and employment policies at the local level, paradoxes in the implementation of labor market policies in Sweden, the role of local governance in personalized activation policies for the British long-term unemployed, challenges of delivering cross-sectoral employment policies in France, and the national governance of integrated activation policies in Europe. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Edited by Martin Heidenreich and Deborah Rice, University of Oldenburg, Germany