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  Prospects for Inclusive Social Citizenship in an Age of Structural Inactivity

Hemerijck, A. (1999). Prospects for Inclusive Social Citizenship in an Age of Structural Inactivity. MPIfG Working Paper, 99/1.

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Hemerijck, Anton1, 2, Author           
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1Problemlösungsfähigkeit der Mehrebenenpolitik in Europa, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214552              
2Erasumus-Universität, Rotterdam, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: One of the paradoxes of contemporary European welfare states is that while today practically every adult citizen seeks gainful employment, jobs are hard to come by. There is a growing number of (economically) inactive citizens, people of working age who are structurally dependent on social policy for their livelihood. In this paper the rise of structural inactivity is analyzed from two contrasting sets of arguments about the "unintended" or "perverse" effects of social policy. The first argument revolves around the decline of the traditional work ethic in the welfare state; the second argument suggests that the predicament of structural inactivity is the consequence of accumulated rigidities and historically perverse social security policy choices. Both arguments are subsequently confronted with empirical evidence from the highly advanced welfare state of the Netherlands, which after a deep crisis of inactivity has been able to reverse the cycle of declining activity and rising inactivity through a lengthy process of negotiated social reform. Finally, the paper, in terms of normative policy advice, considers a number of "employment-friendly" policy initiatives which are likely to result in an increase of labour force participation in persons and a voluntary decrease in hours worked. This could foster a more nuanced and less gendered work ethic, while maintaining the moral integrity of an inclusive and rights-based conception of social citizenship.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 1999-01
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 25
 Publishing info: Köln : Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung
 Table of Contents: 1 The predicament of structural inactivity
2 T.H. Marshall and novel conceptions of citizenship
3 From Calvinism to consumerism?
4 Reversing the cycle of welfare without work
5 Contrasting policy options
6 Conclusion
 Rev. Type: Internal
 Identifiers: eDoc: 429981
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Title: MPIfG Working Paper
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 99/1 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 1864-4341
ISSN: 1864-4333