Origins of Active Social Policy: Labour Market and Childcare Policies in a Comparative Perspective

by Giuliano Bonoli

Since the mid-1990s European welfare states have undergone a major transformation. Relative to the post-war years, today they put less emphasis on income protection and more on the promotion of labour market participation. This book investigates this transformation by focusing on two fields of social policy: active labour market policy and childcare. Throughout Europe, governments have invested massively in these two areas. The result, a more active...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199669767
• ISBN13: 9780199669769
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"