... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Street-level bureaucracy Activation Caseworker Austria Discretion Social rights In direct contact with clients, caseworkers exercise discretion in one way or another in active labour...

... in the field of global social policy, shedding light on the discrepancies between internationally designed mechanisms and the normative aims of USP. General minimum income Greece Universal social protection Global social policy Activation Shadow economy Social protection institutions have...

... that would not be wasted” (2019, p. 4). Many countries responded to the twin challenges of high unemployment and growing fiscal deficits by recalibrating their welfare systems around a “workfare” activation model; an approach that “diagnoses the problem as too much reliance on welfare, emphasizes individual...

... activation policies. Findings – The findings show congruency concerning the definitions of the problem of youth unemployment, in which the unemployed are regarded as lacking in discipline, as well as in the policies through which the problem is tackled: through conditionality and pastoral power...

... facing employment obstacles on account of low levels of childcare provision, can actually profit from program participations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Lone mothers Workfare Training Activation Event‐history analysis Germany As in many countries, lone mothers...

...Katharina Dengler; Katrin Hohmeyer; Andreas Moczall; Joachim Wolff Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the implementation and effectiveness of an intensified activation scheme for very disadvantaged welfare recipients in Germany, used as a targeting device for a very generous wage...

...Daniel Sage Purpose This article argues that some of the most profound costs of unemployment are social in nature, rather than solely economic. Consequently, the aim of the paper is to argue that the design and evaluation of active labour market policies (ALMPs) should incorporate a better...

.../approach A total of four group discussions were conducted in four different Austrian cities. The added collective dimension is at least as important to the understanding of the felt experience of labour activation recipients as their individualised views. Findings Collectively, activation...

...Renate Minas; Sharon Wright; Rik van Berkel Purpose The purpose of this article is to examine the governance of activation in relation to the decentralization and centralization of activation for social assistance recipients in Sweden, The Netherlands and the UK. Design/methodology/approach...

...Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka; Peppi Saikku; Vappu Karjalainen Purpose The purpose of this article is to describe the implementation and results of Finnish activation policy from the viewpoint of integrated services and in the framework of network governance. Special...

...Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka; Paolo R. Graziano Purpose The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between the emerging European activation policies and the evolution of domestic activation policies and its governance. Drawing on the emerging Europeanization...

...Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka; Franziska Ehrler Purpose The purpose of this article is to assess the emergence of New Public Management in the governance of activation policies in nine European countries. In the light of considerable diversity in the implementation of New...

...Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka; Rik van Berkel; Fritz Sager; Franziska Ehrler Purpose The purpose of this article is to analyse the diversity of markets for the provision of activation services. Design/methodology/approach The article is based on the outcomes of a project...

...Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka; Paolo R. Graziano; Jiří Winkler Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the question regarding how the similar implementation traditions in two countries (Czech Republic and Italy) have influenced the implementation of activation...