Welfare-to-work Policies Meeting Complex Realities of Unemployed Citizens: Examining Assumptions in Welfare

This paper draws on a longitudinal ethnographic study conducted at one of the largest municipal jobcenters in Denmark. It investigates what happens when welfare-to-work policies meet the complex lived realities of unemployed citizens. I examine the nature of welfare policies, and show how these insc...

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Main Author: Nina Boulus-Rødje
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aalborg University 2019-06-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/article/view/114800