Active Labour Market Policies and Welfare Reform: Europe and the Us in Comparative Perspective

Examining recent policy responses to social exclusion in the US, France, Denmark, the UK, and at the EU level since 1997, Daguerre argues that the development of active labour market policies is not the answer and that the reforms are indicative of a shift towards conditional welfare. The book is based on in-depth interviews with key policy makers.

ANNE DAGUERRE is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Health and Social Sciences at Middlesex University, UK, where she is also a member of the Social Policy Research Centre.