Tom Boland, author at Social Europe

The Dangerous Metaphor of Unemployment “Scarring”

The concept of "scarring" in unemployment policy is a misleading metaphor with significant, negative consequences for individuals.

Europe gets back to the work … of getting people to work

Ray Griffin and Tom Boland

The notion that active-labour-market policies are the solution to unemployment has long been an act of faith. That’s the problem.

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The Summer issue of The Progressive Post is out!

It is time to take action and to forge a path towards a Socialist renewal. European Socialists struggle to balance their responsibilities with the need to take bold positions and actions in the face of many major crises, while far-right political parties are increasingly gaining ground. Against this background, we offer European progressive forces food for thought on projecting themselves into the future.

Among this issue’s highlights, we discuss the transformative power of European Social Democracy, examine the far right’s efforts to redesign education systems to serve its own political agenda and highlight the growing threat of anti-gender movements to LGBTIQ+ rights – among other pressing topics.