Activation and Labour Market Reforms in Europe

Part I. Introduction and Conceptual Framework

1. Activation and Labour Market Reforms in Europe: Challenges to Social Citizenship — Introduction
Silke Bothfeld, Sigrid Betzelt

2. How Do Activation Policies Affect Social Citizenship? The Issue of Autonomy
Silke Bothfeld, Sigrid Betzelt

Part II. The Universal Adult Worker Norm — Tensions between Equality and Diversity

3. Social Security Provision Targeted at Immigrants — A Forerunner for the General Change of Scandinavian Equal Citizenship? A Danish Case Study
Karen N. Breidahl

4. Relinquishing Rights? The Impact of Activation on Citizenship for Lone Parents in the UK
Sharon Wright

5. Social Citizenship and Activation in Europe: A Gendered Perspective
Marie-Thérèse Letablier, Anne Eydoux, Sigrid Betzelt

Part III. Erosion of Social Status? — Tensions between Core and Periphery

6. The Erosion of Social Status: The Case of Germany
Sigrid Betzelt, Silke Bothfeld

7. Redefining Unemployment and Employment Statuses: The Impact of Activation on Social Citizenship in France
Mathieu Béraud, Anne Eydoux

8. Chances and Pitfalls of Flexible Labour Markets: The Case of the Spanish Strategy of Labour Market Flexibility
Begoña Pérez, Miguel Laparra

9. Activation and the Limited Social Citizenship Status of Young and Female Workers: The Italian Case
Paolo R. Graziano

Part IV. Governance and Implementation — Tensions between Standardization and Individualization

10. The Local- and Street-Level Production of Social Citizenship: The Case of Dutch Social Assistance
Rik Berkel

11. Norwegian Welfare Reforms: Social Contracts and Activation Policies
Nanna Kildal, Even Nilssen

Part V. Conclusions

12. Activation Policies: Potential Enhancement and Factual Restraints of Citizens’ Autonomy
Sigrid Betzelt, Silke Bothfeld

Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, European Union Politics, Comparative Politics, Politics of the Welfare State, Labor Economics, Social Care, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology