Download or read book Activation and Labour Market Reforms in Europe written by S. Betzelt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts. It argues that the liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western European states challenges the specific patterns of social citizenship in each country.