Contracting-out welfare services: comparing national policy designs for unemployment assistance

Contracting–out Welfare Services focuses on the design and overhaul of welfare–to–work systems around the world in the light of the radical re–design of the welfare system; internationally based authors utilise a national/program case study, considering employment services policy and activation practices.

• International contributors bring a global comparative perspective to the subject
• Contributors are all experts in their field, who also draw on a much longer intellectual legacy
• Uses employment services as a case study to advance understanding in relation to a host of broader principles and concepts
• Each paper included within the text uses a national/program case study, and each considers employment services policy in general, and activation practices in particular