Making It Personal: Individualising Activation Services in the EU

doi:10.46692/9781847422316

This is an English version of a text on public policy analysis originally written for practitioners in Switzerland and France. It presents a model for the analysis of public policy and includes examples of its application in everyday situations. This English version introduces supplementary illustrations and examples from the United Kingdom.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii
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Contents
pp iii-iv
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List of figures and tables
pp v-vi
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Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii
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Notes on contributors
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Introduction
pp 1-2
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one - The individualisation of activation services in context
pp 3-22
- By Rik van Berkel, Ben Valkenburg
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Part One - Theoretical perspectives on individualised activation services
pp 23-24
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two - Individualising activation services: thrashing out an ambiguous concept
pp 25-44
- By Ben Valkenburg
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three - A capability approach to individualised and tailor-made activation
pp 45-66
- By Jean-Michel Bonvin, Nicolas Farvaque
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four - Placing the individual ‘at the forefront’: Beck and individual approaches in activation
pp 67-86
- By Håkan Johansson
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five - User involvement in personal social services
pp 87-104
- By Ilse Julkunen, Matti Heikkilä
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Part Two - Individualising activation services: Case studies
pp 105-106
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six - Political production of individualised subjects in the paradoxical discourse of the EU institutions
pp 107-126
- By Eduardo Crespo Suárez, Amparo Serrano Pascual
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seven - Reforming the public sector: personalised activation services in the UK
pp 127-148
- By Bruce Stafford, Karen Kellard
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eight - Between universal policy and individualised practice: analysing activation policy in Finland
pp 149-168
- By Elsa Keskitalo
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nine - Do we know where we are going? Active policies and individualisation in the Italian context
pp 169-192
- By Vando Borghi
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ten - The individual approach in activation policy in the Czech Republic
pp 193-216
- By Tomáš Sirovátka
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eleven - Rushing towards employability-centred activation: the ‘Hartz reforms’ in Germany
pp 217-242
- By Dirk Jacobi, Katrin Mohr
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Conclusion
pp 243-244
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twelve - Individualised activation services in the EU
pp 245-264
- By Rik van Berkel
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Index
pp 265-280
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

List of figures and tables
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Notes on contributors
pp ix-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-2

one - The individualisation of activation services in context
pp 3-22

Part One - Theoretical perspectives on individualised activation services
pp 23-24

two - Individualising activation services: thrashing out an ambiguous concept
pp 25-44

three - A capability approach to individualised and tailor-made activation
pp 45-66

four - Placing the individual ‘at the forefront’: Beck and individual approaches in activation
pp 67-86

five - User involvement in personal social services
pp 87-104

Part Two - Individualising activation services: Case studies
pp 105-106

six - Political production of individualised subjects in the paradoxical discourse of the EU institutions
pp 107-126

seven - Reforming the public sector: personalised activation services in the UK
pp 127-148

eight - Between universal policy and individualised practice: analysing activation policy in Finland
pp 149-168

nine - Do we know where we are going? Active policies and individualisation in the Italian context
pp 169-192

ten - The individual approach in activation policy in the Czech Republic
pp 193-216

eleven - Rushing towards employability-centred activation: the ‘Hartz reforms’ in Germany
pp 217-242

Conclusion
pp 243-244

twelve - Individualised activation services in the EU
pp 245-264

Index
pp 265-280

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