Activation Policy in Action : A Street-Level Study of Social Assistance in the Swedish Welfare State

Activation Policy in Action : A Street-Level Study of Social Assistance in the Swedish Welfare State

Work-related activation policies are currently developing in most western welfare states. Sweden is no exception and activation policies were introduced in the 1990s in many municipal social services organizations in Sweden. The Swedish form of activation policies requires social assistance recipien...

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Main Author: Thorén, Katarina H.
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Växjö universitet, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap och socialt arbete 2008
Subjects:
Activation policy
social assistance
street-level bureaucracy theory
front-line workers
implementation
welfare state
coping strategy
discretion
Social work
Socialt arbete
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2474
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7636-641-7

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