Analysis of the change of governance in activating labour market policy in Denmark, the UK and Germany supports the restructuring thesis advanced in the course of the debate on how to classify the change in the welfare state. New objectives, such as 'the promotion of employability', have been...

Introduction -- The individualisation of minimum income schemes' policies -- The institutional context of the German minimum income scheme -- Individual perspectives on the German minimum income scheme as institutional context and biographical situation -- Theoretical framework : long-term...