Activation schemes are widely criticised, with the negative experiences of ‘the activated’ featuring prominently in the literature. This article presents the findings of a constructivist grounded theory study concerning the lived experience of long-term unemployment, welfare recipiency and community placement in activation schemes in Ireland, with a focus on the positive effects that participating in such schemes had on participants’ subjective well-being. For the participants in this research, community placement signified change, respite, and recovery that improved their subjective well-being by creating an experience that counteracted the draining experience of long-term unemployment and welfare recipiency. This study brings new elements to the discussion on the role of activation in promoting/diminishing the subjective well-being of the long-term unemployed.

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“我不是一文不值，我是帮助社会”：探索激活计划中社区安置的生活经验

激活计划受到广泛批评，“激活者”的负面经历在文献中占据显着位置。本文介绍了一项建构主义扎根理论研究的结果，涉及爱尔兰激活计划中长期失业、福利接受和社区安置的生活经历，重点关注参与此类计划对参与者主观幸福感的积极影响-存在。对于这项研究的参与者来说，社区安置意味着改变、喘息和恢复，通过创造一种抵消长期失业和福利接受带来的疲惫体验来改善他们的主观幸福感。这项研究为关于激活在促进/减少长期失业者主观幸福感方面的作用的讨论带来了新的元素。