Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Appendices
List of Abbreviations
List of Annexes
List of contributors
1: J. Clasen and D. Clegg: Unemployment Protection and Labour Market Change in Europe: Towards 'Triple Integration'?
Part I: National developments
2: J. Clasen: The United Kingdom - Towards a Single Working-Age Benefit
3: D. Clegg: France - Integration versus Dualisation
4: I. Dingeldey: Germany - Moving Towards Integration Whilst Maintaining Segmentation
5: M. Hoogenboom: The Netherlands - Two Tiers for All
6: J. De Deken: Belgium - A Precursor Muddling Through?
7: C. Champion: Switzerland - A Latecomer Catching Up?
8: M. Jessoula and P. Vesan: Italy - Partial Adaptation of an Atypical Benefit System
9: F. J. Mato: Spain - Fragmented Unemployment Protection in a Segmented Labour Market
10: J. Goul Andersen: Denmark - Ambiguous Modernisation of an Inclusive Unemployment Protection System
11: O. Sjöberg: Sweden - Ambivalent Adjustment
12: A. Duman and Á. Scharle: Hungary - Fiscal Pressures and a Rising Resentment Against the (idle) Poor
13: O. Hora and T. Sirovátka: The Czech Republic -Activation, Diversification and Marginalisation
Part II: Cross-National Perspectives
14: W. Eichhorst, R. Konle-Seidl; A. Koslowski, P. Marx: Quantity over Quality? A European Comparison of the Changing Nature of Transitions Between Non-Employment and Employment
15: J. De Deken and J. Clasen: Tracking Caseloads - The Changing Composition of Working-Age Benefit Receipt in Europe
16: G. Bonoli: Active Labour Market Policies in a Changing Economic Context
17: J. Clasen and D. Clegg: The Transformation of Unemployment Protection in Europe

About the Author

Jochen Clasen gained his Diploma in Sociology at the Free University of Berlin in 1988 and a PhD at Edinburgh University in 1992 in Sociology and Social Policy. Professor Clasen is an expert in cross-national research on social security and unemployment policy, and has particular expertise in social policy comparisons between Germany and the UK. He has also published widely on methodological aspects of cross-national research. Recent books include: Clasen, J. (ed)
(2011) Converging Worlds of Welfare: British and German Social Policy in the 21st Century, Oxford University Press; J. Clasen and N. A. Siegel (eds) (2007) Investigating Welfare State Change: The
Dependent Variable Problem in Comparative Analysis, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, J. Clasen (2005) Reforming European Welfare States: Germany and the United Kingdom Compared, Oxford: Oxford University Press. He is Professor of Comparative Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh.

Daniel Clegg gained his PhD in Social and Political Science at the European University Institute in Florence in 2005. Prior to joining the University of Edinburgh, he held research and teaching posts at the University of Stirling and the University of Oxford in the UK, and Sciences Po in Paris. His research focuses on the comparative politics of unemployment and labour market policy in developed welfare states. He is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science,
University of Edinburgh.

Reviews

This volume fills a gap in helping to explain some major policy shortcomings...The inter-disciplinary analysis of this volume constitutes a precious tool for policy-makers, social actors and academics about how and why unemployment and labour market policies evolved in different ways in different political contexts, and what were the outcomes and implications for regulatory arrangements, institutional adjustment and social inclusion/exclusion.
*Hedva Sarfati, International Social Security Review*