Les nouvelles politiques de l'emploi au Royaume-Uni et en Allemagne

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Social Democracy and Labour Market Policy in the 21st Century Over the course of the past ten years, the United Kingdom and Germany have reduced the level of income protection paid to unemployed persons (“passive” programs) and shifted the internal balance of active labour market programs from skill enhancement towards a ‘work first’ and basic security model. These developments apply to all unemployed persons in the United Kingdom but are limited to the long-term unemployed in Germany. Though they are common to both countries, the general drift of these New Labour market policies has not prevented certain national characteristics from being preserved. Indeed, by and large, the German policy remains closer to social democratic conceptions than does its British counterpart. The generosity of benefits, the relative importance of social insurance measures compared to social assistance and the sums devoted to activation and training programs are all evidence of this.