Activation Policies and the Protection of Individual Rights

Activation Policies and the Protection of Individual Rights centers on the embedded nature of social policy within the broader legal system, whilst looking at the significance of human rights within social welfare. Its findings make noteworthy reading for sociologists within a variety of fields as well as those primarily concerned with social policy and welfare.

Paul Van Aerschot (LLD) is senior lecturer in social welfare law at the University of Helsinki. He has studied law in Belgium and Finland. After having worked in the Finnish civil service he engaged in an academic career. His research focuses on the rights of disadvantaged clients in the restructured welfare state.

Contents: Preface; Basic framework of the study; Active social policy and individual rights in Finland; Activation measures and individual rights in Sweden; Activation measures and individual rights in Denmark; The implementation process and individual rights; The significance of individual rights and ways to promote their implementation; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.