The Disabling State of an Active Society is based on a detailed ethnographic study of the highly praised Swedish rehabilitation organization Samhall, one of Scandinavia's largest corporations. Based on his empirical findings, Holmqvist makes controversial claims about the effect…
"This book is based on a detailed ethnographic study of the highly praised Swedish rehabilitation organization Samhal, which the author augments with archival research on activation programs in Sweden and extensive interviews with both welfare agencies and jobseekers."--Jacket.