Responsibilisation at the Margins of Welfare Services (Routledge Advances in Social Work)

Synopsis

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.

Copyright:

2017

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

228 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781317401117

Related ISBNs:

9781138928381, 9781315681757, 9781138360976

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/17/23

Copyrighted By:

Kirsi Juhila, Suvi Raitakari, Christopher Hall

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Medicine

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Kirsi Juhila

Edited by:

Suvi Raitakari

Edited by:

Christopher Hall