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Swiss Journal of Sociology, 2021 Based on the case of the Swiss disability insurance (DI), the article questions the impact of activation on the (non-)take-up of social policies. It investigates the aim and content of activation policies (as found in official texts and discourses) and ...
Rosenstein Emilie
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Responsible employment policy: Comparative analysis of Croatian, Swedish and Danish active labour market policies [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2020 In the past decades, the reduction of unemployment has been one of the crucial areas of social policies of the EU Member States because it is a key to economic growth and development.
Špadina Helga
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Activation in Scandinavian welfare policy
European Societies, 2004 The article discusses ‘activation’ in Denmark and Norway from an ‘active society’ perspective. The argument forwarded is that activation in the two Nordic countries shows continuity over the last 50 years, where Denmark and Norway have shared much of the same policy rationale or logic.
Halvorsen, Rune, Jensen, Per H.
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O Estado social ativo: Um novo paradigma legitimador das políticas públicas em Portugal
Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2015 In this article we set out a critical reflection on state activation policies, based on an analysis of the empirical results of sociological research on the implementation of public policies on adult education under the New Opportunities Initiative ...
João Eduardo Martins
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Nordic Journal of Migration ResearchSweden has long pursued activation policies, particularly towards vulnerable groups in the labour market, with the Swedish Public Employment Service (PES) being the main agent of these policies.
Maja Lilja +2 more
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Brussels Studies, 2016 The French-speaking professional training system in Brussels significantly improves the opportunities for the professional integration of participants, in particular with respect to vocational training.
Matthieu Veinstein, Isabelle Sirdey
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East Asian approaches of activation: the politics of labor market policies in South Korea and Taiwan
Policy & Society, 2020 This article compares the labor market policies (LMPs) of South Korea and Taiwan to explore the activation approaches in East Asia. These two countries took divergent paths to activation after the 1990s, and their decisive differences lay in the scale of
Won-Sub Kim, Shih-Jiunn Shi
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Policy Analytical Capacity and Policy Activities
Canadian Political Science Review, 2012 The study of policy process involves the study of policy actors - people involved in the development of public policy in a particular geographic area. This paper investigates policy actors in the context of Colorado climate and energy issues with a particular emphasis on the types and levels of their engagement in policy ...
Christopher M. Weible +2 more
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Social Investment Policies in the EU: Actively Concrete or Passively Abstract?
Politics and Governance, 2021 Against the historical-conceptual background of EU social policy and evolutionary governance, this article analyses the approach with which the EU propagates social investment policies.
Gaby Umbach, Igor Tkalec
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ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya +11 more
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