Preface / Evelyn Z. Brodkin and Gregory Marston -- Introduction -- Work and the welfare state / Evelyn Z. Brodkin -- Street-level organizations and the welfare state / Evelyn Z. Brodkin -- What's at issue: politics, policies, and jobs -- The American welfare state : two narratives / Michael...

The 1997 was an important year because, for the first time, in a treaty (Amsterdam treaty) was created a special section for the employment policies. From this moment on, employment policies become an important area of community interest. The analysis is based on the assumption that long-term...