@inbook{46f83d083fdb4f1d8da80ec85af4c133,
title = "Flexicurity, Local Government and Active Labour Market Policy in Denmark",
abstract = "Active labour market policy (ALMP) has over the years been the subjectof both conflicts of interest and considerable restructuring. This chapteroutlines these developments and their effects on the functioning of theDanish flexicurity model, which is briefly outlined in the beginning of thechapter.The starting point for the discussion of the role of local government is thereform of the structure of the municipalities in 2007. Here the number ofmunicipalities was drastically reduced. At the same time the responsibility for implementation of active labour market policy was to a large degreetransferred to the individual municipality. At the same time the activitiesand results of the local job centres were to be closely monitored by thenational authorities. The chapter analyses the conflicts related to the reform and the subsequent changes in both the content and implementationof Danish employment policy.Through reforms in 2015 and 2020, the municipalities were relieved frommuch of the pressure that was put on them in 2007. Their degrees of freedom simply became greater. Process requirements were fewer. It was nowpossible to design the effort for the individual unemployed in greater accordance with the individual needs. Whether the municipalities can liveup to the positive expectations behind the reforms, thus contributing to anew vitality of the challenged Danish flexicurity model, will be tested inthe coming years. ",
keywords = "Arbejdsmarkedspolitik, Flexicurity, Kommuner",
author = "Madsen, {Per Kongsh{\o}j}",
note = "{\textcopyright} VIVE, 2023",
year = "2023",
month = feb,
day = "24",
language = "English",
pages = "121--139",
editor = "{Mau Pedersen}, {Niels J{\o}rgen} and Hyun-A Kim",
booktitle = "Changing labour markets and the role of subnational governments",
publisher = "VIVE - Viden til Velf{\ae}rd. Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velf{\ae}rd",
}