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Book SynopsisWhat will citizenship mean to the peoples of a new, wider Europe? Welfare state retrenchment and technological change in the work place are undermining social citizenship rights and provoking a critical assessment of the West European concept itself. In the light of these changes, what models can the democratic, industrialized states of the West offer the transitional economies of the East?
This innovative book presents new work by an international group of leading social scientists offers historical analysis and empirical description, as well as theoretical and political assessments, of work and citizenship in Europe. It examines the erosion of the welfare state, the emergence of poverty and the underclass, and the rights and duties connected with social citizenship. After a review of labour rights and obligations in the former socialist countries, it also assesses the state of industrial citizenship. It asks why the technological transformation of work tends to create segmentation and exclusion and argues for a debate about economic citizenship rights.
Work and Citizenship in the New Europe concludes with theoretical and political arguments in favour of specific social policies on work and citizenship, examining such issues as labour participation, basic income guarantees and durable economic growth.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Work and citizenship in central and eastern Europe: citizenship and the right to work in Bulgaria, Dimitrina Dimitrova and Stefan Dimitrov; citizenship and the organization of work under "perestroika", Gregory Andrusz; unification, solidarity and equality - dilemmas of trade union strategies in Germany, Jens Bastian. Part 2 The erosion of the welfare state and social citizenship rights: modern poverty and second-class citizenship, Godfried Engbersen; citizenship and the underclass, Robert Moore; welfare, work and training for the unemployed in Britain - a historical review, John Jacobs; citizenship and the modern welfare state - social integration, competence and the reciprocity of rights and duties in social policy, Romke van der Veen. Part 3 The transformation of work and industrial citizenship: with every pair of hands you get a free brain, Stephen Heycock; participation and autonomy at work - a segmented privilege, Peter Leisink and Leni Beukema. Part 4 Work, rights and obligations: labour force participation, citizenship and a sustainable welfare state in the Netherlands, Hans Adriaansens and Willem Dercksen; a non-productivist design for social policies, Claus Offe; between obligation and right - the concept of work in the trade unions, Harry Coenen; basic income, citizenship and solidarity - towards a dynamic for social renewal, Jacques Vilrokx.
