Synopses & Reviews
Comparing welfare policies in the U.S. and Western Europe aimed at the "workless" population, this study notes that the European labor policies of welfare services offer the best method of bringing the socially excluded back into mainstream society. Despite differences in ideology and practice, Joel Handler argues that there are also significant similarities between the U.S. and the Europeans, especially in field-level practices that serve to exclude the most vulnerable. The author examines strategies for reform and concludes with an argument for a basic income guarantee.
Review
"Handler provides a powerful critique of the trend from welfare to workfare." Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal
Synopsis
Compares workfare policies in the US and Western Europe aimed at the âworklessâpopulation. Argues that despite differences in ideology and practice, there are also significant similarities, especially field-level practices that serve to exclude the most vulnerable. Examines strategies for reform and concludes with an argument for basic income guarantee.
About the Author
Joel F. Handler is Richard C. Maxwell Professor of Law and Professor of Policy Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.