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Theorizing notions of the participation of people in poverty in social policymaking: policing, politics and subjectification
- Authors:
- DEGERICKX Heidi, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 56(1), 2022, pp.19-32.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Since the 1990s, a paradigm of participation has gained prominence and become a dominant policy rhetoric in anti-poverty policymaking in Europe, embracing the key idea that people in poverty should participate as equal citizens in political decision-making processes. Based on a historical case study of the production process of a Belgian white paper, the General Report on Poverty (1994), this study investigates who participated in the GRP production process, and whether the underlying participatory and democratic mechanisms produced a shift in power and might have led to a more socially just and equal society. The researchers rely on a central set of ideas of the French philosopher Jacques Ranciere to theorize different notions of participation, and tease out whether the processing of equality had the capacity to move from policing towards politics through subjectification. This research study demonstrates how social change and a reconfiguration of the democratic order can appear as a moment of democracy, yet inevitably leads to a new police. (Edited publisher abstract)
Addressing age barriers: an international comparison of legislation against age discrimination in the field of goods, facilities and services
- Authors:
- BAKER Richard, et al
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 192p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Researches legislation in five jurisdictions where age discrimination in these fields had been made unlawful. The report considers the scope and context of such legislation, and examines its content and impact. Findings are presented in chronological order, beginning with Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Ontario and finally the United States of America, which has the oldest law relating to age discrimination in this field.
Too late for gender mainstreaming? Taking stock in Brussels
- Author:
- WOODWARD Alison E.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 18(3), August 2008, pp.289-302.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Gender mainstreaming is one of the major strategies adopted by the European Union and member states for achieving gender equality. It is seen as a major success, and other social movements have begun to demand mainstreaming for their issues in European social policy. This article considers eight recent studies which include Belgium, a middle case as far as European gender equality is concerned. They show meagre results in terms of altering the understanding of equality policy to include a gender perspective, and applying efforts transversally. The article also evaluates the successes and challenges of the gender mainstreaming strategy ten years after its adoption. It then examines the changes in the organization of EU equality issues with regard to diversity and the implications for the gender mainstreaming strategy. These changes include efforts to address new target groups under Article 13 as well as the issues posed by enlargement. It thus addresses the question: To what extent can experience relating to gender mainstreaming be utilized to meet evolving demands? Recent developments in intersectional theory may offer fruitful new angles.
Temporary employment and employability: training opportunities and efforts of temporary and permanent employees in Belgium
- Authors:
- FORRIER Anneleen, SELS Luc
- Journal article citation:
- Work Employment and Society, 17(4), December 2003, pp.641-666.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Lifetime employability' is often put forward as an alternative to lifetime employment with the same employer. At first sight, temporary employment relations and employability go hand in hand. Temporary employment is less dramatic when it is linked to a higher employability. Opponents, however, claim that temporary employment and employability are at odds. They argue that both employers and temporary employees may be faced with dilemmas relating to the enhancement of employability through training. The authors study the training efforts of temporary and permanent employees as well as the training opportunities offered by their respective employers. Moreover the authors differentiate between different groups of temporary employees. The results indicate that, although temps do largely take responsibility for their own training, they get fewer opportunities to enhance their employability than do permanent employees.
Sexing the benefit: women, social security and financial independence in EC sex equality law
- Author:
- SOHRAB Julia A
- Publisher:
- Dartmouth
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 256p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Study, using feminist theory, examining EC equality law in the field of statutory social security and considering the effectiveness of the legislation in bringing women close to the goal of financial independence from men. Goes on to assess the implementation of EC equality law in this area in four countries: the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium. Criteria for assessing future policy options, legislation and court decisions are offered. Demonstrates that the concept of equality as currently understood in EC law is fundamentally limited in being able to change the unequal outcomes suffered by women in terms of their lack of financial independence from men.
The children left behind: a league table of inequality in child well-being in the world's rich countries
- Author:
- UNICEF. Innocenti Research Centre
- Publisher:
- UNICEF. Innocenti Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- Florence
This report questions how far children in the 24 richest countries in the world are being allowed to fall with regard to material well-being, education and health. Three (pre-2008 recession) surveys: OECD Programme for International Student Assessment; Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children; and European Union – Statistics on Income and Living Conditions are used to assess inequality at the bottom end of the distribution, rather than overall inequality between top and bottom. The well-being of children on the 10th percentile (lower than 90% of children in society) is compared with those at the 50th percentile, or the median is compared with an average of all who fall below it. This report opens with 3 summary league tables and a ranking of the overall record of each country, followed by detailed analyses presented in 2 parts. Part 1 describes material, educational and health inequalities by focusing on the following: household income, basic educational resources, and living space; reading, maths and science literacy; self-reported health, healthy eating and physical activity, respectively. Part 2 includes the following discussions: child poverty – a relative measure; first call – children and recession; the just society – a measure; monitoring – a need to know; and poor - in parental time.
Class and gender inequalities in different types of welfare states: the Social Citizenship Indicator Program (SCIP)
- Author:
- KORPI Walter
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 19(Supplement 1), July 2010, pp.s14-s24.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In this article the author considers the role of legislated welfare state institutions as mediators of the effects of political and structural forces on a citizen’s standard of living, as related to inequalities in health and mortality. The article focuses on institutional structures of welfare state programmes relevant to: class inequality, as indicated by income inequalities; and to gender inequality, regarded as differences in agency. The article introduces the Social Citizenship Indicator Program, an international database providing quantitative and qualitative information on structures of main social insurance programmes in 18 countries (Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States) from 1930 to 2000, containing 300,000 data points. The database is used to delineate types of distributive institutions of relevance for income inequality. Institutions relevant for gendered agency inequality affect choices by women, especially mothers, between unpaid and paid work. Driving forces behind the emergence of differences in distributive institutions are discussed, as are the patterns of class and gender inequalities.
The equal opportunities handbook: a guide to law and best practice in Europe
- Author:
- COLLINS Helen
- Publisher:
- Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 302p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Part 1 provides a background to equal opportunities issues, including sex discrimination, racial discrimination and race relations, age discrimination, sexuality, and discrimination against offenders and ex-offenders. Part 2 looks at law and practice in the UK, and at policy issues. It also includes a section on HIV and AIDS. Part 3 details equal opportunities in the EC, looking at, country by country: the position of women, parental rights and childcare, race relations, disability, age issues, and sexuality.