The changing face of welfareConsequences and outcomes from a citizenship perspective

Andersen, Jørgen Goul; Guillemard, Anne-Marie; Jensen, Per H.; Pfau‐Effinger, Birgit

doi:10.1332/policypress/9781861345929.001.0001

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“…By giving priority to autonomy in the service of competition and self regulation, in the same vein as the search for an 'active citizenship' (Goul Andersen et al, 2005), active ageing is also considered as a particular form of conduct of conducts. This includes discussion of 'rights and duties', 'obligations' for the individual, a preference for 'active' rather than 'passive' policies in the shaping of age-identity; and economically active ageing described as autonomy, self-determination and empowerment (Walker, 2009: 88).…”

Section: Active Ageing Reborn: From a New Flexibility To Neoliberal Amentioning

confidence: 99%

International and European policy on work and retirement: Reinventing critical perspectives on active ageing and mature subjectivity

2012

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In this article, the authors critically examine themes that have become associated with work and retirement in the context of demographic change. Two discourses are looked at in detail, those of 'active' and 'productive' ageing, with a focus upon International and European social policy. Drawing on the work of Foucault and others, the emergence of a dominant discourse and its effects on policy-based understandings of ageing are examined. A new orthodoxy of ageing subjectivity is identified, restricting the social contribution of older adults to work and work-like activities. A subtext refers to the co-option of liberal gerontological priorities into new and socially rigid forms of identity that legitimize particular ways of growing old. The authors conclude that a radical re-positioning, inspired by mature identity, is required to rely less upon economically determined roles and more upon alternative grounding in existential life tasks and experience to give space for a 'mature subjectivity' and a desirable 'mature subject'.

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Section: Active Ageing Reborn: From a New Flexibility To Neoliberal Amentioning

confidence: 99%

International and European policy on work and retirement: Reinventing critical perspectives on active ageing and mature subjectivity

2012

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“…Following this kind of interpretation, one may also argue that the reason as to why activation programs disable people is their inherent potential for victim-blaming, i.e., active societies stress disabled people's individual responsibilities for their social situation (see e.g., Goul Andersen et al 2005;Jensen and Pfau-Effinger 2005;Serrano Pascual 2007), where responsibility for their unsuccessful efforts to find a regular job is shifted to the individual who is seen as sick, impaired, and unhealthy (see Conrad and Schneider 1992;Crawford 2006). In the active society, people are expected to take responsibility for their health, wellbeing, fitness and competence irrespective of their physiological or mental status.…”

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“…Indeed, one of the main responses to social exclusion in terms of mass unemployment by welfare states has been to reduce the size of the active workforce, with, for example early retirement or disability pension. A common consequence in many countries has been the permanent exclusion of large groups of citizens from the regular labor market (Goul Andersen et al 2005;Bauman 2007).…”

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The ‘Active Welfare State’ and Its Consequences

Holmqvist

2010

European Societies

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This paper reports the findings of a longitudinal case study of sheltered employment for activating so-called occupationally disabled people in Sweden. Data consist of interviews, archival studies and participant observation on how occupationally disabled people's employability is to be promoted and the consequences of such activities. It is argued that those that, for one reason or another, are unable to live up to the norms of being a 'normal' and hence fully active citizen, are objectified as passive and unemployable persons through the same principles that aim to make them active. Through its emphasis on ability, strength, and competence, the 'active society' may raise the bar of employability higher than ever before. As a result, an increasing number of people risk disablement and indeed end up as 'disabled'.

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“…Policies to re-integrate welfare recipients into the labour market are prominent within the strategies of the 'activating welfare state ' (Goul Andersen et al, 2005;Serrano Pascual, 2007) or 'enabling state' (Gilbert and Gilbert, 1989;Gilbert, 2002) to encourage 'active citizenship' (Kampen et al, 2013). This 'activation' of welfare recipients entails a shift in practice and discourse from collective and individual rights to individual empowerment and responsibilities.…”

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Empowerment and Disempowerment of Workfare Volunteers: A Diachronic Approach to Activation Policy in the Netherlands

Kampen¹,

Tonkens²

2018

Social Policy and Society

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The changing face of welfareConsequences and outcomes from a citizenship perspective

Cited by 21 publications

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International and European policy on work and retirement: Reinventing critical perspectives on active ageing and mature subjectivity

International and European policy on work and retirement: Reinventing critical perspectives on active ageing and mature subjectivity

The ‘Active Welfare State’ and Its Consequences

Empowerment and Disempowerment of Workfare Volunteers: A Diachronic Approach to Activation Policy in the Netherlands

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