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Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections

By , on December 01, 2012

This brief points to the inappropriate decoupling of social policy from employment objectives and outlines their intrinsic links. It argues that employment and social policies must be reconnected in policy design in order to frame solutions to the economic crisis that are grounded in long-term, sustainable, employment-centred growth.

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Heintz, James, and Razavi, Shahra. Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 12, , . WIEGO, 2012. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Heintz-Social-Policy-and-Employment-WIEGO-PB12.pdfHeintz, J., and Razavi, S. (2012). Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 12, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Heintz-Social-Policy-and-Employment-WIEGO-PB12.pdfHeintz, James, and Razavi, Shahra. "Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections." WIEGO Policy Brief No. 12, WIEGO, 2012, .Heintz James, and Razavi Shahra. "Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections." WIEGO Policy Brief No. 12 (2012). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Heintz-Social-Policy-and-Employment-WIEGO-PB12.pdfHeintz, J, and Razavi, S 2012, 'Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections', WIEGO Policy Brief No. 12, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Heintz-Social-Policy-and-Employment-WIEGO-PB12.pdfJames Heintz, and Shahra Razavi, 'Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections' (2012) WIEGO Policy Brief No. 12 Heintz J., and Razavi S. Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 12. 2012. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Heintz-Social-Policy-and-Employment-WIEGO-PB12.pdfHeintz, James, and Razavi, Shahra. Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 12. 2012. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Heintz-Social-Policy-and-Employment-WIEGO-PB12.pdf

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