Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights : : Regulation, Professionals, and Citizens.

• Superior document: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies.
• Author: Nielsen, Stine.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hammerslev, Ole.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (226 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights -- Analysing the Role of Welfare Rights -- The Macro Level of State Regulation -- The Meso Level of Welfare Professional-Citizen Encounters -- The Micro Level of Mobilising Social Rights -- Outline -- References -- Part I State Regulation, Transformation of State Regulation, and Agents Acting on Behalf of the State -- 2 Claim and Blame: How Welfare Law institutionalises Deservingness -- Introduction -- Social Rights in Action: The Rise and Rise of Welfare Conditionality -- Who Deserves Social Rights, or the Limits of Welfare Universalism -- The Long Shelf Life of Paternalistic Assumptions: Beeler v. Switzerland -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 What Is the Function of Welfare Law Today? Consequences of the Work-Line Policy -- Introduction: What Is the Dilemma of Welfare Law? -- A Methodological Note -- General Arguments in Current Welfare Law Reforms -- Historical Background for the Norwegian Welfare State -- The Main Case Study: A Combined New Labour and Welfare Authority-The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) and Its Work-Line Basis -- Assessing the Combined Labour and Welfare Authority Reform: What Are the Economic, Social and Rhetorical Arguments for the Work-Line -- Conclusion: The Function of Welfare Law Today -- References -- 4 The Penal Voluntary Sector's Role in the Nordic Countries: A Shadow State? -- Introduction -- State of the Art -- Data and Method -- The PVSOs in the Three Nordic Countries -- The Challenges of PVSOs Operating in the Nordic Penal Field -- Precarious Funding -- Disorganised Co-operation -- Discussion -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II Encounters Between Welfare Professionals and Citizens.

5 A Double Helix: The Intertwined History of the Marginalisation of Welfare Clients and Their Activist Lawyers and Advisers in the Transformation of the Welfare State in England and Wales -- Introduction -- The UK Welfare State's 'Golden Period' and Lawyer Autonomy -- New Social Movements and Activist Welfare Professionals -- Forms of Practice in Welfare Law -- Contradictions -- Dismantlement of the Welfare State and Access to Justice, and Colonisation of Welfare Field -- The Ideological Attack on the Welfare State -- Disciplining the Welfare Professional -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 The Paradoxical Reality of Welfare Professionals: Encounters Between Welfare Professionals and Citizens Within Social Security in the Netherlands -- Introduction -- Encounters Between Welfare Professionals and Citizens: The Situation in the Netherlands -- Obligation to Report Information -- Street-Level Bureaucrats and Their Enforcement Styles -- Street-Level Bureaucrats -- Enforcement Styles -- Methods -- Encounters Between Welfare Professionals and Citizens in Practice -- Strict Punitive Enforcement Style -- Flexible Persuasive Enforcement Style -- Flexible Punitive Enforcement Style -- Differences in Enforcement Styles Further Explored -- Paradoxical Reality in the Social Security Practice -- References -- 7 Asylum Case Adjudication in Sweden, Country of Origin Information and Epistemic Violence -- Introduction -- Contextualising the Research -- Country of Origin Information -- The Colonial Origins of the International Refugee Regime -- Epistemic Violence -- Ethics and Methods of Data Analysis -- Analysis -- The Institutionalised Power Imbalance, and Epistemic Violence -- Language, Representation, and Epistemic Violence -- Discussion of Key Findings -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Citizens' Mobilisation of Social Rights.

8 Access to Justice and Social Rights for Victims of Trafficking and Labour Exploitation in Sweden -- Introduction -- International and National Legal Frameworks and Policies -- State of the Art: Victim Identification and Access to Rights -- Conceptual Framework: Victimisation as Interactional Process and Access to Justice -- Methods -- Victim Identification by State Institutions -- Mobilising Rights Through NGOs -- Unions-A Gateway to Justice -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 9 Welfare Clients' Relational Legal Consciousness: An Empirical Perspective from the Netherlands -- Introduction -- Punitive Welfare State -- Conceptual Framework: Relational Legal Consciousness -- Methodology -- Variables and Measures -- How Do Welfare Clients Experience, Understand and Act in Relation to Law? -- How Do Welfare Clients Perceive Welfare Officials' Orientation to the Law? -- Findings -- Welfare Clients' Legal Consciousness -- Welfare Clients' Assessment of Welfare Officials' Legal Consciousness -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 10 Youth Homelessness in the Danish Welfare State: How Do Young Persons in Homelessness Mobilise Rights? -- Introduction -- The Theoretical Framework: Legal Mobilisation -- Method -- Analysis: Choice of Paths-Complex and Contingent Processes -- Philip's Story -- Michael's Story -- Simon's Story -- Jacob's Story -- Anne's Story -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 11 Conclusion: Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights -- Introduction -- A Three-level Perspective on Transformation of European Welfare States and Social Rights -- The Macro Level of State Regulation -- The Meso Level of Welfare Professional-Citizen Encounters -- The Micro Level of Mobilising Social Rights -- Common Features in Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights.

Transforming and Reconfiguring the Welfare State -- Who Deserves Welfare Support? -- Negotiating Legitimate Knowledge -- Structural and Individual Factors -- A Concluding Remark -- References -- Index.