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Experiences of Participation Citizenship: A Bottom-up Analysis of the Social Rights and Obligations of Work-Disabled Employees in Denmark and the Netherlands
This article analyses the integration of labour market policy and social security in terms of the new kinds of citizenship regimes that it epitomizes. By means of a qualitative bottom-up analysis focusing on the experiences of re-integrated partially work-disabled employees in Denmark and the Netherlands, the article reveals significant differences in the experiences of social rights relating to labour market participation in the two countries.
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