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      Disrespect or dignity? Experiences of mandatory work participants in the Netherlands from the perspective of the right to work

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      Journal of Poverty and Social Justice
      Bristol University Press

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          This article explores the extent to which mandatory work programmes (MWPs) which oblige social assistance recipients to perform work activities in order to improve or develop basic work skills, can be considered in conformity with the human right to work. Drawing on qualitative research in three municipalities in the Netherlands, the findings indicate that overall, the work in the MWPs infringed the right to work. However, part of the MWP participants were able to realise the right to work to the extent that participation in an MWP enhanced their dignity, self-respect and their opportunities for self-development.

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                Journal
                Journal of Poverty and Social Justice
                Bristol University Press
                1759-8273
                1759-8281
                June 2021
                June 2021
                : 29
                : 2
                : 155-171
                Affiliations
                [1 ]VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
                Article
                10.1332/175982721X16149598814264
                d812c28a-bcb6-472f-bb80-b591d8e0b3d0
                © 2021
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