Activation Policies and the Protection of Individual Rights

A Critical Assessment of the Situation in Denmark, Finland and Sweden

Paul Van Aerschot (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2010
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4094-0179-7 (ISBN)

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Activation Policies and the Protection of Individual Rights centers on the embedded nature of social policy within the broader legal system, whilst looking at the significance of human rights within social welfare. Its findings make noteworthy reading for sociologists within a variety of fields as well as those primarily concerned with social policy and welfare.

In Denmark, Finland and Sweden the evolution of administrative law, including social welfare law, has been marked by a shift towards a stronger protection of the recipient's individual rights. The adoption of activation policies targeting recipients of social assistance has highlighted the tensions between decision-making concerning the implementation of these policies and the legislative efforts to promote the realisation of individual rights in the field of social welfare. An examination of the legislation in question and its implementation conditions shows that the realisation of individual rights is subordinated to the pursuit of organisational and other objectives. The findings of the study are used to formulate proposals for the promotion of individual rights based on the Nordic egalitarian model of citizenship. This critical assessment of activation policies should be of broad international appeal. It will be of interest to researchers in social policy, as well as those concerned with protection of rights.

Paul Van Aerschot (LLD) is senior lecturer in social welfare law at the University of Helsinki. He has studied law in Belgium and Finland. After having worked in the Finnish civil service he engaged in an academic career. His research focuses on the rights of disadvantaged clients in the restructured welfare state.

Contents: Preface; Basic framework of the study; Active social policy and individual rights in Finland; Activation measures and individual rights in Sweden; Activation measures and individual rights in Denmark; The implementation process and individual rights; The significance of individual rights and ways to promote their implementation; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.12.2010
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4094-0179-0 / 1409401790
ISBN-13	978-1-4094-0179-7 / 9781409401797
Zustand	Neuware