Table of Contents

Contents:

1. Values, Rights and Concepts of Citizenship
Ann Nevile

2. Assessing the Relevance of the International Legal Framework in Claiming Economic and Social Rights
Susan Harris Rimmer

3. Regional Legal Frameworks for Human Rights and Social Policy in Europe
Lisa Conant

4. Labour Market Activation Policy in a ‘Bismarckian’ Welfare State: Old and New Divisions of Social Rights and Citizenship in Germany
Irene Dingeldey

5. From Insurance or Insertion to Rights and Responsibilities: The Shifting Logics of Unemployment Protection in France
Daniel Clegg

6. The Childcare Transition in Scandinavia: Family Change and Policy Reform
Arnlaug Leira

7. Policy Responses to Social Exclusion in the UK and the Relationship to Human Rights
Ilan Katz

8. Welfare Reform and the Reshaping of New Zealand Citizenship
Neil Lunt

9. Policies Related to Homelessness and Affordable Housing in Australia
Alan Morris

10. Gender Mainstreaming in Skilled Immigration Policy: From Beijing 1995 to the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (2002)
Anna Boucher

11. Do Rights Make a Difference? The Evolution of Policy for Children in Out-of-Home Care in Australia
Sharon Bessell

12. On the Margins? The Influence of ‘Rights Talk’ on Policy and Practice
Ann Nevile

Index

About the Author

Edited by Ann Nevile, formerly Crawford School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University

Reviews

‘An informative and wide-ranging international collection of case studies, which demonstrate the value of human rights and citizenship as a lens through which to study social policy.’
*Ruth Lister, Loughborough University, UK*