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List of Tables List of Figures Preface Notes on Authors and Editors PART I: INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Activation and Labour Market Reforms in Europe. Challenges to Social Citizenship - Introduction; S.Bothfeld & S.Betzelt How Do Activation Policies Affect Social Citizenship? The Issue of Autonomy; S.Bothfeld & S.Betzelt PART II: THE UNIVERSAL ADULT WORKER NORM - TENSIONS BETWEEN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY Social Security Provision Targeted at Immigrants - a Forerunner for the General Change of Scandinavian Equal Citizenship? A Danish Case Study; K.Breidahl Relinquishing Rights? The Impact of Activation on Citizenship for Lone Parents in the UK; S.Wright Social Citizenship and Activation in Europe: A Gendered Perspective; M.Letablier, A.Eydoux & S.Betzelt PART III: EROSION OF SOCIAL STATUS? - TENSIONS BETWEEN CORE AND PERIPHERY The Erosion of Social Status: The Case of Germany; S.Betzelt & S.Bothfeld Redefining Unemployment and Employment Statuses: The Impact of Activation on Social Citizenship in France; M.Béraud & A.Eydoux Chances and Pitfalls of Flexible Labour Markets: the Case of the Spanish Strategy of Labour Market Flexibility; B.Pérez & M.Laparra Activation and the Limited Social Citizenship Status of Young and Female Workers: The Italian Case; P.Graziano PART IV: GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION - TENSIONS BETWEEN STANDARDIZATION AND INDIVIDUALIZATION The Local and Street-Level Production of Social Citizenship. The Case of Dutch Social Assistance; R.Berkel Norwegian Welfare Reforms: Social Contracts and Activation Policies; N.Kildal & E.Nilssen PART V: CONCLUSIONS Activation Policies: Potential Enhancement and Factual Restraints of the Citizens' Autonomy; S.Betzelt & S.Bothfeld References

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