Responsibilization at the margins of welfare services /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Kirsi Juhila, Suvi Raitakari and Christopher Hall.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2016.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource.
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge Advances in Social Work
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART I Conceptual and methodological premises; 2 Responsibilisation in governmentality literature; 3 Responsibilities and current welfare discourses; 4 Analysing the management of responsibilities at the margins of welfare practices; PART II Managing client responsibilities; 5 Clients accounting for the responsible self in interviews; 6 Making active citizens in the community in client-worker interaction; 7 Negotiating risks, choices and progress in case-planning meetings.
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PART III Managing worker and service provider responsibilities8 Welfare workers reflecting their everyday responsibilities in focus groups; 9 Negotiating boundaries of professional responsibilities in team meetings; 10 Constructing service providers' responsibilities in interviews on commissioning; 11 Conclusions; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The impetus for this book is the shift in welfare policy in Western Europe from state responsibilities to individual and community responsibilities. The book examines the ways in which policies associated with advanced liberalism and New Public Management can be identified as influencing professional practices to promote personalisation, participation, empowerment, recovery and resilience. In examining the concept of responsibilisation' from the point of view of both the responsibilised client and welfare worker', the book breaks from the traditional literature to demonstrate how responsibilities are negotiated during multi-professional care planning meetings, home visits, staff meetings, focus groups and interviews with different stakeholders. The settings examined in the book can be described as on the margins of welfare' - mental health, substance abuse, homelessness services and probation work, where the rights and responsibilities of clients and workers are uncertain and constantly under review. Each chapter approaches the management of responsibilities from a particular angle by combining responsibilisation theory and discourse analysis to examine everyday encounters. Taken together, the chapters paint a comprehensive picture of the responsibilisation practices at the margins of welfare services and provide an extensive discussion of the implications for policy and practice. Drawing upon both the governmentality literature and everyday encounters, the book provides a broad approach to a key topic. It will therefore be a valuable resource for social policy, public administration, social work and human service researchers and students, and social and health care professionals.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
Taylor & Francis
Stock Number
9781315681757
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Responsibilization at the margins of welfare services.
International Standard Book Number
9781138928381
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Public welfare-- Europe.
Social service-- Europe.
Social service-- Practice-- Europe.
Social work administration-- Europe.
MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.