This volume provides an up-to-date overview of activation strategies in unemployment benefit systems and social assistance in selected European countries and th

A self-help book to help the unemployed and their families cope more effectively during a time when they feel helpless.

The current economic crisis has presented itself as a formidable challenge to the welfare states of Europe. It is more relevant than ever to ask: do existing mi

Recent welfare reforms, based on austerity narratives and a gender-neutral rationale, have failed to recognise the ways in which women and men experience the di