Edited by Martin Heidenreich and Deborah Rice, University of Oldenburg, Germany

• Contents:1. IntroductionMartin Heidenreich and Deborah Rice2. Integrating Social and Employment Policies at the Local Level: Conceptual and Empirical ChallengesMartin Heidenreich and Deborah Rice3. Integrated and Individualized Services: Paradoxes in the Implementation of Labour Market Policies in SwedenKatarina Hollertz4. Activation Policy in a Fragmented Welfare System: The Case of PolandSlawomir Mandes5. Personalized Activation Policies for the Long-Term Unemployed: The Role of Local Governance in the UKVanesa Fuertes and Ronald McQuaid6. The Local Governance of Social Inclusion Policies in Italy: Working Via ‘Organ Pipes’Serida L. Catalano, Paolo R. Graziano and Matteo Bassoli7. Challenges of Delivering Cross-Sectorial Employment Policies in FranceThierry Berthet, Clara Bourgeois and Karine Tourné Languin8. Organisational Barriers to Service Integration in One-Stop-Shops: The Case of GermanyKatharina Zimmermann and Deborah Rice9. The Local Usages of Europe in Social Cohesion Policies: A Comparative AnalysisSerida L. Catalano and Paolo R. Graziano10. The National Governance of Integrated Activation Policies in EuropeThierry Berthet and Clara Bourgeois11. Local Worlds of Coordinated Activation PolicyKatharina Zimmerman, Vanesa Fuertes and Patrizia Aurich-Beerheide12. Negotiating Social Citizenship at the Street-Level: Local Activation Policies and Individualization in Sweden and PolandChristina Garsten, Kerstin Jacobsson and Karolina Sztandar-SztanderskaIndex

‘This edited volume, based on internationally comparative research, provides a valuable contribution to the growing body of academic literature on the local governance of social and employment policies. Through national case study as well as comparative chapters, the book takes up the challenging task of investigating the complex processes of coordinating various politico-administrative levels, a variety of private and public actors, and diverse policy fields, focusing specifically on how these processes take shape at the local level.’