{"product_id":"the-moral-economy-of-activation-9781447349969","title":"The Moral Economy of Activation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy rethinking the role of ideas and morality in policy changes, this book illustrates how the moral economy of activation leads to a permanent behaviourist testing of the unemployed in public debate as well as in local job centres.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this lucidly written and theoretically sophisticated book, Hansen offers an analysis of how welfare activation policy is framed, critiqued and justified in France and Denmark...Not only is it an excellent piece of empirical research in itself, this book presents an emergent theoretical approach which presents an important contribution and challenge to the existing literature.” Critical Social Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe active turn(s); PART I: MODELLING; Tests, compromises and policy change; Cities of unemployment; PART II: ACTIVATION REFORMS; From looking backwards to forwards; Turning solutions into ‘structural’ problems; Testing thresholds; Intimate scandals; PART III: PATTERNS; Chemotherapy; Infinite testing.","brand":"Bristol University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408517177687,"sku":"9781447349969","price":75.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447349969.jpg?v=1730503180","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-moral-economy-of-activation-9781447349969","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}