Beyond the workfare state: Labour markets, equalities and human rights

"Beyond the Workfare State" explores equality, discrimination and human rights in relation to employability and 'welfare—to—work' policies. It draws extensively on new research from the SEQUAL Project, undertaken for the European Social Fund, which investigated seven dimensions of discrimination in a labour market that is theoretically 'open to all'.

The book provides an overall analysis of policy shifts and presents a wide and distinctive range of illustrative studies that give voice to a ...