Table of contents - Special Issue: New modes of governance in activation policies: 1
Guest Editors: Dr Rik van Berkel, Professor Vando Borghi
New modes of governance in activation policies
Rik van Berkel, Vando BorghiThis editorial aims to introduce the first of a set of two special issues on New modes of governance in activation policies.
Implementing public employment policy: what happens when non‐public agencies take over?
Thomas Bredgaard, Flemming LarsenThe purpose of the article is to analyse the interconnections between formal policy reforms and operational policies, specifically between new governance and employment policy…
The individual job seeker in the sphere of contractualism
Els Sol, Mies WesterveldActivation policies in most Western countries have discovered the private tool of contract and in a short period of time the contract has penetrated the whole domain. Among the…
Emergence of new modes of governance in activation policies: Czech experience
Tomáš Sirovátka, Pavel Horák, Markéta HorákováThe paper deals with the question to what extent implementation conditions influence the profile of activation policies in the Czech Republic. In this way, it helps to clarify…
Changing modes of governance in activation policies in France and The Netherlands: common path or countermodel?
Nicolette van Gestel, Jean‐Michel HerbillonTo explore and explain differences in reform of activation policies, comparing the shifts in governance in France and The Netherlands from the 1990s onwards.
Re‐activating the Nordic welfare states: do we find a distinct universalistic model?
Håkan Johansson, Bjørn HvindenTo clarify the core characteristics of Nordic activation policies in the context of typologies of European activation governance.
ISSN:
0144-333Xe-ISSN:
1758-6720ISSN-L:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Colin Williams