Open this publication in new window or tab >>2010 (English)In: International Journal of Social Welfare, ISSN 1369-6866, E-ISSN 1468-2397, Vol. 19, no 4, p. 402-411Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The care manager reform and the case manager reform are new reforms in the social care services in Sweden, which are evolving during the 2000s. Together they shape the social care services introducing a new way of decision-making where representatives for the organisation (care manager) and the users (case manager) negotiate. The reforms have been analysed in two studies with results presented in this article. Using the concepts of role, orientation, function and assignments, it is argued that the managers come to the negotiations on rights from different positions that are both conflicting and complementary. They further mediate the development towards a welfare mix, where the market, social networks and users interact to obtain the public welfare provision. Through this negotiated rights model, it is argued that traits of a representative welfare state emerge, with the distinction of moving the focus to the administrative practices and their differences away from political ideologies.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2010
Keywords
representative welfare, negotiated rights model, case management, care management, social work division
National Category
Social Work
Research subject
Social Sciences, Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-132 (URN)10.1111/j.1468-2397.2009.00700.x (DOI)000280975200005 ()2-s2.0-77955813484 (Scopus ID)
2010-03-212010-03-212022-04-28Bibliographically approved