The Local Dimension of Welfare-to-Work [E-Book]: An International Survey / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Traditional welfare and employment policies have been unable to tackle the problems of high unemployment and exclusion in OECD countries and recently a wave of new approaches has emerged together with new political notions of welfare-to-work. This book describes these new approaches in countries suc...
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
1999
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348 p. ; 16x23cm. |
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englisch |
| ISBN: |
9789264174122 |
| DOI: |
10.1787/9789264174122-en |
| Keywords: |
Social Issues/Migration/Health Urban, Rural and Regional Development Employment |
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Part I: Local Approaches ot Welfare-to-Work. An Assessment of Recent Innovations
- Chapter 2. Creating the Balance between Local Flexibility and a Central Framework
- Chapter 3. Making Local Partnerships Work
- Chapter 4. Promising Local Policy Tools
- Chapter 5. Conclusions and Perspectives for the Future
- Part II: Case Study Papers
- Chapter 6. A Comparison of Local Approaches to Welfare-to-Work in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands by Dr. Dan Finn, Portsmouth University, UK
- Chapter 7. Issues Raised by Welfare Reform in the United States by Robert Straits, W. J. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, USA.
- Chapter 8. Welfare-to-Work Partnerships: Lessons from the United Kingdom by Mike Campbell, Simon Foy, and Jo Hutchinson, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
- Chapter 9. United States Experience in Engaging the Business Sector in Welfare-to-Work Policies by Lyn Hogan, Welfare-to-Work Partnership, USA
- Chapter 10. Social Enterprises: A Local Tool for Welfare-to-Work Policies by Carlo Borzaga, University of Trento, Italy
- Chapter 11. New Approaches to Public Income Support in Canada by Alice Nakamura, University of Alberta; Ging Wong, Human Resources Development Canada; and W.Evwin Diewert, University of British Columbia, Canada