Towards More Democracy in Social Services
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Towards More Democracy in Social Services

Models of Culture and Welfare

  1. 430 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Towards More Democracy in Social Services

Models of Culture and Welfare

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Yes, you can access Towards More Democracy in Social Services by Gaby Flösser, Hans-Uwe Otto, Gaby Flösser,Hans-Uwe Otto in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Demography. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9783110143911
eBook ISBN
9783110875508
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Demography
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Towards More Democracy in Social Services: Models and Culture of Welfare
  4. Part I The Welfare Approach
  5. The End of Progressivism: Paradigmatic Shifts and Social Welfare
  6. Consumers, Citizens and Coproducers – A Pluralistic Perspective on Democracy in Social Services
  7. Social Service Delivery: The More Demand, the More Democracy?
  8. Civil Society and the Welfare State
  9. Does Welfare Lead to Dependency? Effectiveness and Undesirable Side-Effects of Welfare Institutions
  10. Social Rights, Power and the Democratization of Social Services
  11. The Scandinavian Social Service Model
  12. Welfare, Democracy and Social Work
  13. Democratization – The Recovering of the Political in Social Work(?)
  14. Part II The Organizational Approach
  15. The Organizational Construction of Social Citizenship
  16. Democratization by Modernization? The Future Development of Social Service Organization
  17. Personal Social Services: Changing Organizational Forms and Service. User Participation. A British Perspective on the Democratization Debate
  18. Client Demands and Professional Responsibility in Democratic Welfare Organizations
  19. Old Democracy – New Quality? Transformation of Social Services in East Germany and Finland. The Case of Child Daycare
  20. Cooperative Relations Within Youth Assistance – A Step Towards Democratization of Social Services?
  21. Children’s Participation in Child Welfare Services
  22. Modernizing the Youth Welfare System: The Forgotten Perspective of the Clients
  23. Does Democratic Rationality Extend to Social Services? Legitimation Problems in Professional Action
  24. Empowerment – A Challenge for Professionalization in Social Work
  25. Privatization and Professionalization: Challenges to Social Service Delivery in the U.S.A
  26. Feminist Care Work Projects in Germany: Between Self-Help and Professional Identity
  27. Rising from the Ashes of Cutback, Political Warfare and Degraded Services: Community Building as a Template for Recreating the Welfare State
  28. Part III The Quality Approach
  29. Improving the Quality of Social Services: New Opportunities for Participation?
  30. Quality-Enhancement in the Service Society: Perspectives for Social Work
  31. Reform and Restructuring of Social Services in the United States: Evaluating Collaborative Service Models
  32. Client Participation as an Instrument of Quality Assurance in Social Work: The Potential for Democratization in the ‘New’ Quality Consciousness
  33. Quality Assurance of Voluntary Welfare Associations: A Question of Morals, Law, Contract or Participation?
  34. Self-Evaluation – The Ultimate Boot-Strap Approach?
  35. Contributors