Disability prevention policies in Belgium : navigating between scientific and socioeconomic influences

The rising cost of illness and disability benefits are one of today’s biggest
social and labour market challenges. The promise of activation-oriented
work disability policies was labour market engagement for all people,
regardless of illness, injury or impairment. However, the reality has been
more complex.
The Science and Politics of Work Disability Policy addresses social and
political economic contexts driving state work disability reform in 13
countries. In this first attempt to explain the history and future of work
disability policy, this book asks new questions about work disability policy
design, focus, and effects. It details how work disability policies have
evolved with jurisdictions, why these take their current shape, and where
they are heading. The well positioned authors draw on their insider
knowledge and expertise in law, medicine, and social science to provide
detailed case studies of their jurisdictions.
This pathbreaking volume will be of interest to social security system
policy makers, scholars, and students in the health and social sciences