... and academic debate, the existing research relating to the digitalisation of public employment services remains scant. At the same time, the article points towards fertile areas for further analysis. Information technology Activation policies Digitalisation Unemployment Over recent years...

...Gianluca Scarano Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of activation policies in contexts of public-oriented employment services. Design/methodology/approach The fieldwork was conducted in Italy, using the regional case of Emilia-Romagna as a representation of public...

... not take into account institutional factors – such as the social protection of work – and stigmatisation practices that can directly undermine the social inclusion of social assistance beneficiaries working for welfare. Labour market Social inclusion Luxembourg Activation policies Social...

... toward inclusion. Through a comparative context-based analysis, the paper shows important differences, similarities and shifting modes of operation in activation policy as well as the role of socio-organizational contexts and bottom-up mobilizations. It looks forward to the possible added value...

.... The findings are relevant to policy makers who deal with activation policies and to public and private organisations that implement those policies. Many studies have analysed the implementation of the welfare-to-work model that has oriented the reforms of labour market activation policies in most...

... subsidiarity); the weakness of economic policies aimed at increasing employment; the low level of statehood; and the very high level of bureaucratisation (Bonetti and Villa, 2014). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Governance Activation policies Individualisation Logics of welfare Quasi...