Social Care Services

<p>First published in 1997, this volume aimed to study social care services as a specific type of social policy that operates on a different set of principles as supportive services rather than as poor relief or social security work. The focus is on determining what is specifically Scandinavian about the world-famous Scandinavian welfare state, with studies on issues including the origins of four social care service models, the development of local authority social services in Iceland and social services as a gender issue.</p> <p>1. Introduction. <i>Jorma Sipilä</i>. 2. New Policies, New Words – the Service Concept in Scandinavian Social Policy. <i>Lennart Nygren with Margit Andersson, Guđný Eydal, Sten-Erik Hammarqvist, Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala and Hanne Warming Nielsen.</i> 3. A Multitude of Universal, Public Services – How and Why Did Four Scandinavian Countries Get Their Social Care Service Model? <i>Jorma Sipilä with Margit Andersson, Sten-Erik Hammarqvist, Lars Nordlander, Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala, Kåre Thomsen and Hanne Warming Nielsen.</i> 4. The Development of Local Authority Social Services in Iceland. <i>Ingibjörg Broddadóttir, Guđný Eydal, Steinunn Hrafnsdóttir and H. Sigurveig Sigurđardóttir.</i> 5. From Poor Relief to Social Rights and Social Care Services’ Clienthood.<i> Outi Ketola, Kåre Thomsen and Hanne Warming Nielsen.</i> 6. Local Government in Scandinavia: Autonomous or Integrated into the Welfare State? <i>Teppo Kröger.</i> 7. The Scandinavian Model as Seen from a Local Perspective. <i>Jan-Inge Hanssen.</i> 8. Why are Social Care Services a Gender Issue? <i>Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala with Margit Andersson, Guđný Eydal, Outi Ketola and Hanne Warming Nielsen.</i> 9. The Scandinavian Social Service State in Comparison. <i>Peter Abrahamson.</i></p>