Schulte, L, Greer, I, Umney, C et al. (2 more authors) (2018) Insertion as an alternative to workfare: Active labour market schemes in the Parisian suburbs. Journal of European Social Policy, 28 (4). pp. 326-341. ISSN 0958-9287
Abstract
Many governments have tightened the link between welfare and work by attaching conditionality to out-of-work benefits, extending these requirements to new client groups and imposing market competition and greater managerial control in service delivery – principles typically characterized as ‘workfare’. Based on field research in Seine-Saint-Denis, we examine French ‘insertion’ schemes aimed at disadvantaged but potentially job-ready clients, characterized by weak conditionality, low marketization, strong professional autonomy and local network control. We show that insertion systems have resisted policy attempts to expand workfare-derived principles, reflecting street-level actors’ belief in the key advantages of the former over the latter. In contrast with arguments stressing institutional and cultural stickiness, our explanation for this resistance thus highlights the decentralized network governance of front-line services and the limits to central government power.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Authors 2017. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of European Social Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Active labour-market policies, France, insertion, workfare, young people |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Work and Employment Relation Division (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2017 12:40 |
Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2018 14:04 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0958928717739237 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115592 |