Getting Welfare to Work: Street-Level Governance in Australia, the Uk, and the Netherlands

by Jenny M Lewis Associate, Els Sol, Siobhan O'Sullivan, et al.

Book Overview

Getting Welfare to Work traces the radical reform of the Australian, UK, and Dutch public employment services systems. Starting with major changes from 1998, this book examines how each national system has moved from traditional public services towards more privately provided and market-based methods.

Each of these three countries developed innovative forms of contracting-out and complex incentive regimes to motivate welfare clients and to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019874370X
• ISBN13: 9780198743705
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"