Social Citizenship and Workfare in the United States and Western Europe

by Joel F. Handler

Book Overview

Comparing welfare policies in the U.S. and Western Europe aimed at the workless population, this study notes that the European labor policies of welfare services offer the best method of bringing the socially excluded back into mainstream society. Despite differences in ideology and practice, Joel Handler argues that there are also significant similarities between the U.S. and the Europeans, especially in field-level practices that serve to exclude the most vulnerable. The author examines strategies for reform and concludes with an argument for a basic income guarantee.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521541530
• ISBN13: 9780521541534
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"