Towards More Democracy in Social Services: Models of Culture and Welfare

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Towards More Democracy in Social Services

Models of Culture and Welfare

Edited by: Gaby Flösser and Hans-Uwe Otto

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1998

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i-iv Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	v
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
Introduction
Towards More Democracy in Social Services: Models and Culture of Welfare Gaby Flösser and Hans-Uwe Otto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
Part I. The Welfare Approach
The End of Progressivism: Paradigmatic Shifts and Social Welfare Mark J. Stern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
Consumers, Citizens and Coproducers – A Pluralistic Perspective on Democracy in Social Services Adalbert Evers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	43
Social Service Delivery: The More Demand, the More Democracy? Helmut Richter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
Civil Society and the Welfare State Ulrich Rödel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
Does Welfare Lead to Dependency? Effectiveness and Undesirable Side-Effects of Welfare Institutions Gerald Prein and Petra Buhr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
Social Rights, Power and the Democratization of Social Services Andreas Schaarschuch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
The Scandinavian Social Service Model Steinar Stjernø Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
Welfare, Democracy and Social Work Heinz Sünker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
Democratization: The Recovery of the Political in Social Work(?) Mathias Schmidt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
Part II. The Organizational Approach
The Organizational Construction of Social Citizenship Göran Ahme Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
Democratization by Modernization? The Future Development of Social Service Organization Dieter Grunow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	173
Personal Social Services: Changing Organizational Forms and Service User Participation. A British Perspective on the Democratization Debate John Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	189
Client Demands and Professional Responsibility in Democratic Welfare Organizations Geert van der Laan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201
Old Democracy – New Quality? Transformation of Social Services in East Germany and Finland. The Case of Child Daycare Aila-Leena Matthies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
Cooperative Relations Within Youth Assistance – A Step Towards Democratization of Social Services? Mike Seckinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
Children’s Participation in Child Welfare Services Christine Hallett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	249
Modernizing the Youth Welfare System: The Forgotten Perspective of the Clients Andreas Markert and Sabine Wagenblass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
Does Democratic Rationality Extend to Social Services? Legitimation Problems in Professional Action Bernd Dewe and Hans-Uwe Otto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	271
Empowerment – A Challenge for Professionalization in Social Work Inger Siiriäinen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	283
Privatization and Professionalization: Challenges to Social Service Delivery in the U.S.A. Neil Gilbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	295
Feminist Care Work Projects in Germany: Between Self-Help and Professional Identity Margrit Brückner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	307
Rising from the Ashes of Cutback, Political Warfare and Degraded Services: Community Building as a Template for Recreating the Welfare State Michael Fabricant and Steve Burghardt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	325
Part III. The Quality Approach
Improving the Quality of Social Services: New Opportunities for Participation? Christopher Pollitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	339
Quality-Enhancement in the Service Society: Perspectives for Social Work Matthias Engel, Gaby Flösser and Gesine Gensink Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	357
Reform and Restructuring of Social Services in the United States: Evaluating Collaborative Service Models Jeanne C. Marsh and Carol Coohey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	371
Client Participation as an Instrument of Quality Assurance in Social Work: The Potential for Democratization in the ‘New’ Quality Consciousness Kerstin Petersen and Konstanze Piel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	383
Quality Assurance of Voluntary Welfare Associations: A Question of Morals, Law, Contract or Participation? Rudolph Bauer and Eckhard Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	395
Self-Evaluation – The Ultimate Boot-Strap Approach? Maja Heiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	409
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	417

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eBook published on:

October 13, 2011

eBook ISBN:

9783110875508

Hardcover published on:

May 29, 1998

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110143911

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Reprint 2011

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Front matter:

11

Main content:

419

Illustrations:

5

Tables:

12

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110875508

eBook ISBN: 9783110875508

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110143911

Keywords for this book

Soziale Wohlfahrt; Sozialpolitik; Aufsatzsammlung; Sozialdienst

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