Workfare – The Reinvention of the Social

Peter Herrmann

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: The presentation aims on refocusing the mainstream debate, starting from looking at work as the central reference rather than seeing the constituting problem of workfare as one of social policy/social security. Of course, at the end the objective is a clearer understanding of how measures aiming on work and employment integration can meaningfully be utilised for responsible policy making. For this, an introductory step will look at what we are actually dealing with when we talk about workfare. Then a second step will very briefly present the EUropean political debate, returning thereafter to the question what we are actually dealing with when we talk about workfare. Then, in a third step, a paradox is presented: the gain of employment, going hand in hand with a loss of work. The conclusion will discuss in the fourth step workfare in the light of power and life.

Keywords: workfare; social policy; Comparative social research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 A13 A14 B30 F00 H00 H10 I00 J20 N10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-07
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