Social Participation and Subsidised Employment: Perspectives of Interpretation and Implementation

Abstract

"In the Participation Opportunities Act (Teilhabechancengesetz), which has been in force since January 2019, and the explanatory bill, the concept of participation remains underdefined. This article examines which actors in the governance context outside the job centres frame the local implementation of the law and how they interpret it. Two interpretations of the central concept of social participation can be observed: In the first case, participation is understood as integration into unsubsidized employment; in the second, the instruments themselves are seen as participation opportunities. These different understandings influence the implementation perspectives such as the selection of participants, the acquisition of employers, the voluntary nature of participation and the implementation of coaching. They are manifestations of a labour market vis-a-vis a social policy perspective, which are not derived from the law, but from higher value horizons." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Gottwald, M., Globisch, C., Kupka, P. & Ramos Lobato, P. (2020): Soziale Teilhabe und geförderte Beschäftigung: Deutungshorizonte und Umsetzungsperspektiven des Teilhabechancengesetzes. In: Sozialer Fortschritt, Vol. 69, No. 12, p. 773-795. DOI:10.3790/sfo.69.12.773