TY - BOOK ID - 7222733 TI - Juridication and social citizenship in the welfare state AU - Aasen, Henriette Sinding AU - Gloppen, Siri AU - Magnussen, Anne-Mette AU - Nilssen, Even PY - 2014 SN - 9781783470228 1783470224 1322155127 PB - Cheltenham: Elgar, DB - UniCat KW - Public welfare KW - Law, Poverty KW - Poor KW - Poverty law KW - Poor laws KW - Social legislation KW - Law and legislation. KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Law KW - Social rights KW - Welfare state KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Law, General & Comparative KW - Law and legislation KW - Political aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7222733 AB - The concept of juridification refers to a diverse set of processes involving shifts towards more detailed legal regulation, regulations of new areas, and conflicts and problems increasingly being framed in legal and rights-oriented terms. This timely book questions the impact international and national regulations have upon vulnerable groups (the unemployed, patients, prisoners, immigrants, and others) in terms of inclusion, exclusion and social citizenship. Focusing on European welfare states, as well as lessons from Latin-America, it considers the implementation of the right to health and the role of international courts. This book brings empirical analysis and multidisciplinary, comparative perspectives to the previously fragmented and largely theoretical debate on juridification in the welfare state ER -