Implementing innovative social investment strategic lessons from Europe
The turn towards a Social Investment approach to welfare implies deploying resources to enhance human capital and mobilise the productive potential of citizens, starting in early childhood. This edited collection brings regional and local realities to the forefront of social investment debates by sh...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol
Policy Press
2019, 2019
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| Series: | Policy Press scholarship online
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The turn towards a Social Investment approach to welfare implies deploying resources to enhance human capital and mobilise the productive potential of citizens, starting in early childhood. This edited collection brings regional and local realities to the forefront of social investment debates by showcasing successes, challenges and setbacks of Social Investment policies and services from ten European countries: Italy, UK, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Spain. It provides practical, accessible illustrations of good practice, routes to success, and lessons learned. The book is informed throughout by engagement with service users and local communities, and features many previously unheard voices including front-line workers, local decision makers, volunteers and beneficiaries |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781447347873 1447347862 144734782X 1447347870 1447347854 9781447347828 |