Towards more democracy in social services : models and culture of welfare

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Towards more democracy in social services : models and culture of welfare

edited by Gaby Flösser, Hans-Uwe Otto

(International studies on childhood and adolescence, 6)

Walter de Gruyter, 1998

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Description

Contributors to this text present the current professional discussion on the increasingly radical ideas on the reorganization of the welfare state systems after World War II.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 The welfare approach: The end of progressivism, M.J. Stern
  • Consumers, citizens and co-producers, A. Evers
  • Social service delivery, H. Richter
  • Civil society and the welfare state, U. Rodel
  • Does welfare lead to dependency? G. Prein, P. Buhr
  • Social rights, power and the democratization of social services, A. Schaarschurch
  • The Scandinavian social service model, St. Stjerno
  • Welfare, democracy and social work, H. Sunker
  • Democratization - the recovering of the political in social work (?), M. Schmidt. Part 2 The organizational approach: The organizational construction of social citizenship, G. Ahrne
  • Democratization by modernization? D. Grunow
  • Personal social services, J. Harris
  • Client demands and professional responsibility, G. v.d. Laan
  • Old democracy - new quality? social services in East Germany and Finland, A.L. Matthies
  • Cooperative relations within youth assistance, M. Seckinger
  • Children's participation in child welfare services, Ch. Hallett
  • Modernizing the youth welfare system, A. Markert, S. Wagenblass
  • Does democratic rationality extend to social service?, B. Dewe, H.U. Otto
  • Empowerment, I. Siriainen
  • Privatization and professionalization - challenges to social service delivery in the U.S.A., N. Gilbert
  • Feminist care work projects in Germany, M. Bruckner
  • Community building as a template for recreating the welfare state, M. Fabricant, S. Burghards. Part 3 The quality approach: Improving the quality of social services, Ch. Pollitt
  • Quality-enhancement in the service society, M. Engel et al
  • Reform and restructuring of social services in the United States, J.C. Marsh, C. Coohey
  • Client participation as an instrument of quality assurance in social work, K. Petersen, K. Piel
  • Quality assurance of voluntary welfare associations, R. Bauer, E. Hansen
  • Self-evaluation, M. Heiner. Contributors.

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