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Social citizenship and workforce in the United States and Western Europe

by Joel F. Handler · 2004

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Joel Handler compares workfare policies in the United States and 'active labour policies' in Western Europe that are aimed primarily at the long-term unemployed, unemployed youth, lone parents, immigrants and other vulnerable groups often referred to collectively as the 'socially excluded'.

EmploymentMarginality, SocialSocial MarginalityWelfare recipientsWelfare stateBénéficiairesÉtat providenceAide socialeÉtat-ProvidenceArbeidsvoorzieningAssisté socialSozialstaat