Towards More Democracy in Social Services : : Models of Culture and Welfare / / ed. by Gaby Flösser, Hans-Uwe Otto.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Ahme, Göran,; Bauer, Rudolph,; Brückner, Margrit,; Buhr, Petra,; Burghardt, Steve,; Coohey, Carol,; Dewe, Bernd,; Engel, Matthias,; Evers, Adalbert,; Fabricant, Michael,; Flösser, Gaby,; Gensink, Gesine,; Gilbert, Neil,; Grunow, Dieter,; Hallett, Christine,; Hansen, Eckhard,; Harris, John,; Heiner, Maja,; Laan, Geert van der,; Markert, Andreas,; Marsh, Jeanne C.,; Matthies, Aila-Leena,; Otto, Hans-Uwe,; Petersen, Kerstin,; Piel, Konstanze,; Pollitt, Christopher,; Prein, Gerald,; Richter, Helmut,; Rödel, Ulrich,; Schaarschuch, Andreas,; Schmidt, Mathias,; Seckinger, Mike,; Siiriäinen, Inger,; Stern, Mark J.,; Stjernø, Steinar,; Sünker, Heinz,; Wagenblass, Sabine,
• HerausgeberIn: Flösser, Gaby,; Otto, Hans-Uwe,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies on Childhood and Adolescence : ISCA ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (419 p.)
• Other title: i-iv --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction --; Towards More Democracy in Social Services: Models and Culture of Welfare --; Part I. The Welfare Approach --; The End of Progressivism: Paradigmatic Shifts and Social Welfare --; Consumers, Citizens and Coproducers – A Pluralistic Perspective on Democracy in Social Services --; Social Service Delivery: The More Demand, the More Democracy? --; Civil Society and the Welfare State --; Does Welfare Lead to Dependency? Effectiveness and Undesirable Side-Effects of Welfare Institutions --; Social Rights, Power and the Democratization of Social Services --; The Scandinavian Social Service Model --; Welfare, Democracy and Social Work --; Democratization: The Recovery of the Political in Social Work(?) --; Part II. The Organizational Approach --; The Organizational Construction of Social Citizenship --; Democratization by Modernization? The Future Development of Social Service Organization --; Personal Social Services: Changing Organizational Forms and Service User Participation. A British Perspective on the Democratization Debate --; Client Demands and Professional Responsibility in Democratic Welfare Organizations --; Old Democracy – New Quality? Transformation of Social Services in East Germany and Finland. The Case of Child Daycare --; Cooperative Relations Within Youth Assistance – A Step Towards Democratization of Social Services? --; Children’s Participation in Child Welfare Services --; Modernizing the Youth Welfare System: The Forgotten Perspective of the Clients --; Does Democratic Rationality Extend to Social Services? Legitimation Problems in Professional Action --; Empowerment – A Challenge for Professionalization in Social Work --; Privatization and Professionalization: Challenges to Social Service Delivery in the U.S.A. --; Feminist Care Work Projects in Germany: Between Self-Help and Professional Identity --; Rising from the Ashes of Cutback, Political Warfare and Degraded Services: Community Building as a Template for Recreating the Welfare State --; Part III. The Quality Approach --; Improving the Quality of Social Services: New Opportunities for Participation? --; Quality-Enhancement in the Service Society: Perspectives for Social Work --; Reform and Restructuring of Social Services in the United States: Evaluating Collaborative Service Models --; Client Participation as an Instrument of Quality Assurance in Social Work: The Potential for Democratization in the ‘New’ Quality Consciousness --; Quality Assurance of Voluntary Welfare Associations: A Question of Morals, Law, Contract or Participation? --; Self-Evaluation – The Ultimate Boot-Strap Approach? --; Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110875508; 9783110637939
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110875508
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Gaby Flösser, Hans-Uwe Otto.