Activation Policy in the Czech Republic: A Failing Tool to Fight Poverty and Social Exclusion

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Activation Policy in the Czech Republic: A Failing Tool to Fight Poverty and Social Exclusion

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this article is to investigate participants’ experiential knowledge about implementation of activation policy in the context of Czech employment policy and to find out to what extent activation policy has proved to be a tool for combating poverty and social exclusion. THEORETICAL BASE: The paper is theoretically based on street-level bureaucracy, microinstitutionalist theory, and advanced marginality. METHODS: This article is based on qualitative research of the implementation of activation policy in selected branches of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic. The data include in-depth interviews with clients registered at labour offices and interviews with clients’ social workers. OUTCOMES: It is concluded that jobseekers’ responses to the implementation of the current work-first activation policy reflect survival strategies and are rooted in ethnic, gender, and class-based inequalities in neoliberal societies. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: Long-term unemployed need comprehensive support to overcome their social disadvantages. The activation policies must be based on social services in order to be labelled as inclusive. This is especially true for integrating groups with complex social problems in the labour market.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Activation Policy in the Czech Republic: A Failing Tool to Fight Poverty and Social Exclusion

Popis výsledku anglicky

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this article is to investigate participants’ experiential knowledge about implementation of activation policy in the context of Czech employment policy and to find out to what extent activation policy has proved to be a tool for combating poverty and social exclusion. THEORETICAL BASE: The paper is theoretically based on street-level bureaucracy, microinstitutionalist theory, and advanced marginality. METHODS: This article is based on qualitative research of the implementation of activation policy in selected branches of the Labour Office of the Czech Republic. The data include in-depth interviews with clients registered at labour offices and interviews with clients’ social workers. OUTCOMES: It is concluded that jobseekers’ responses to the implementation of the current work-first activation policy reflect survival strategies and are rooted in ethnic, gender, and class-based inequalities in neoliberal societies. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: Long-term unemployed need comprehensive support to overcome their social disadvantages. The activation policies must be based on social services in order to be labelled as inclusive. This is especially true for integrating groups with complex social problems in the labour market.

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J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Sociální práce / Sociálna práca / Czech and Slovak Social Work

ISSN

1213-6204

e-ISSN

1805-885X

Svazek periodika

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Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

22

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

36-53

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85141210042