Citizenship in Nordic Welfare States

<p>This book offers an innovative analysis of the ways in which the relationship between citizens and welfare states - social citizenship - becomes more dynamic and multifaceted as a result of Europeanization and individualization.</p><p>Written by interdisciplinary contributors from politics sociology law and philosophy it examines the transformation of social citizenship through a series of illuminating case studies comparing Nordic countries and other European nations.</p><p>Dealing with the following areas of national and European welfare policy legislation and practice:</p><ul> <li>activation – reforms linking income maintenance and employment promotion </li> <li>scope for participation of marginal groups in deliberation and decision-making </li> <li>impact of human rights legislation for welfare and legal protection against discrimination and social barriers to equal market participation </li> <li>coordination of social security systems to facilitate cross-border mobility in Europe </li> <li>pension reform – efforts to make pension systems sustainable. </li> </ul><p><em>Citizenship in Nordic Welfare States</em> will be of interest to students and researchers of social policy comparative welfare social law political science sociology and European studies.</p>