Activating social policy and the preventive approach for the unemployed in the Netherlands

摘要: It is now widely accepted that the interaction between EU and its Member States a two-way process: European governments are not simply confronted with initiatives emanate from Brussels, but actively involved in their formulation. Therefore, when analysing policies promoted at level - such as aimed activating unemployed people to return work development of these should be analysed only national level. This paper examines Netherlands’ shaping activation ideas (‘uploading’ them EU) taking up or (‘downloading’ EU, implementing them). Our research specifically establishing whether Dutch have tried upload ideas, interests institutions agenda, what extent originating been implemented Netherlands. To this end, we documents literature, conducted interviews key policy makers creation employment both Although found rather successful uploading some agenda namely, promotion social productive factor for economic ‘active preventive’ approach could find evidence particular instruments. The established reasonably well transposed politics.