Activation Policies for the Unemployed, the Right to Work and the Duty to Work: 79 (Travail et Société / Work and Society) - Softcover

Dermine, Elise; Dumont, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2875742329 ISBN 13: 9782875742322

Verlag: Peter Lang AG, 1987

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Since the 1990s and the 2000s, Western social protection systems have experienced a turn towards activation. This turn consists of the multiplication of measures aimed at bringing those who are unemployed closer to participation in the labour market. These measures often induce a strengthening of the conditions that must be met in order to receive social benefits. It is in this well known context that the authors gathered in this book decided to take a closer look at the relationship between activation policies for the unemployed and the right and the duty to work. If activation measures are likely to increase transitions towards the labour market, we can also make the assumption that they may, particularly when they are marked with the seal of coercion, hinder or dramatically reduce the right to freely chosen work. In such circumstances, the realisation of the «right to work», which is often stated to be the aim of those who promote activation, tends in practice to be reduced to an increasing pressure being exerted on the unemployed. In this case, isn't it actually the duty to work that is particularly reinforced?. After an historical and philosophical perspective on the issue, this assumption is confronted with the developments observed in the United States and in France, and then with the guidelines laid down in international human rights instruments. What follows is a discussion of two alternatives to the dominant activation model: the basic income guarantee and the employment guarantee.

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Biografía del autor:

Elise Dermine is research fellow of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research, within the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium).
Daniel Dumont is professor of social security law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium).

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• Verlag: Peter Lang AG
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1987
• ISBN 10: 2875742329
• ISBN 13: 9782875742322
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 280