Work and inclusion

Ben Valkenburg, Jens Lind and Rik van Berkel
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Ben Valkenburg: Lecturer in labour sciences, social science faculty, University of Utrecht.
Jens Lind: Lektor (Senior lecturer) in industrial relations, social studies department, University of Aalborg.
Rik van Berkel: Researcher, social science faculty, University of Utrecht.

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2001, vol. 7, issue 1, 012-024

Abstract: In European employment and social policy the dominant perception is that a paid job equals social inclusion and unemployment means social exclusion. In accordance with this way of thinking, unemployment policy has been restructured from paying the unemployed ‘passive’ social benefits to a policy that emphasises activating the unemployed in some sort of activation scheme. Participation in such a scheme is either considered as a substitute for a ‘normal’ job, giving the activated person the same degree of social inclusion as paid employment in a ‘normal’ job, or is supposed to provide the unemployed with better opportunities for finding a ‘normal’ job. The inclusionary potential of this workfare policy is discussed in this article that draws on some of the main findings from a European project on ‘Inclusion through participation'.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1177/102425890100700104

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