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.