Social Services Disrupted

Changes, Challenges and Policy Implications for Europe in Times of Austerity

AvFlavia Martinelli,Anneli Anttonen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Public social services are a key component of the welfare state in most of Europe, although their development trajectories, coverage and legal status still vary considerably among countries. How such services are provided, and for whom, impacts significantly on social and territorial cohesion, gender balance and, ultimately, on the development of any society. However, while much is discussed and written about social policy and welfare systems, social services remain somewhat neglected. Although they have gained a stronger foothold in national legislations and social policy agendas, their status remains weaker compared to education or health. Moreover, because of the austerity measures following the 2008 financial crisis, they have been subject to cuts and reorganisation, which have brought about significant disruption. This book revives the discussion on public social services and their redesign, with a focus on services relating to care and the social inclusion of vulnerable groups. Conveying the main findings of the EU-funded COST Action IS1102 Social Services, Welfare States and Places, the book provides rich information on the changes that occurred in the organisation and supply of public social services over the last thirty years in different European places and service fields. Despite the persisting variety in social service models, three shared trends emerge: public sector disengagement, 'vertical re-scaling' of authority and 'horizontal re-mix' in the supply system. The consequences of such changes are evaluated from different perspectives - governance, social and territorial cohesion, labour market, gender - and are eventually deemed 'disruptive' in both economic and social terms. The policy implications of the restructuring are also explored. The book will appeal to a broad audience: researchers and students, policy-makers, civil servants, service providers, social workers and users' organisations.Contributors include: S. Adam, A. Anttonen, A. Bagnato, S. Barillà, A. Bernát, I. Bode, P. Brokking, B. Deusdad, D. Dierckx, R. Fluder, L. Fraisse, M. García, J.L. Gómez-Barroso, E. Gubrium, L. Häikiö, I. Harsløf, J. Havlíková, J. Javornik, O. Jolanki, O. Karsio, M. Knutagård, T. Kröger, K. Kubalciková, B. Leibetseder, S. Lev, R. Marbán-Flores, R. Mas Giralt, F. Martinelli, M. Mätzke, A. Novy, E. Øverbye, C. Pace, P. Raeymaeckers, S. Sabatinelli, A. Sarlo, M. Semprebon, G. Szüdi, J. Szüdi, S.I. Vabo, D. Vaiou, S. Vella, Z. Vercseg, S. Vicari Haddock, C. Weinzierl, F. Wukovitsch

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-11-24
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Horizons in Social Policy series
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781786432100

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Edited by Flavia Martinelli, Professor of Policies and Strategies for Territorial Cohesion, Department of Architecture and Territory, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy, Anneli Anttonen, Professor of Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland and Margitta Mätzke, Professor of Politics and Social Policy, Institute of Politics and Social Policy, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

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‘Social Services Disrupted is an important, informative book that will benefit those interested in changes in welfare state developments throughout Europe over the past 30 years from what preceded it. It is also timely, given recent reports about the electoral success in some European countries of more politically extreme candidates extending state involvement in social service provisioning.. . . I highly recommend this book.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:IntroductionFlavia Martinelli, Anneli Anttonen and Margitta Mätzke PART I CONTEXT AND CONCEPTS1. Social services, welfare states and places. An overviewFlavia Martinelli 2. The European Union policy framework for social services. Agendas, regulations, and discoursesJosé Luis Gómez-Barroso, Stefania Barillà and Ivan Harsløf3. Public policy conceptions. Priorities of social service provision in EuropeMargitta Mätzke, Anneli Anttonen, Peter Brokking and Jana JavornikPART II THE TRANSFORMATION OF GOVERNANCE 4. Social services in post-industrial Europe. An incomplete success story and its tragic momentsIngo Bode 5. The vertical division of responsibility for social services within and beyond the State. Issues in empowerment, participation and territorial cohesionStefania Sabatinelli and Michela Semprebon 6. The horizontal ‘re-mix’ in social care. Trends and implications for service provisionBettina Leibetseder, Anneli Anttonen, Einar Øverbye, Charles Pace and Signy Irene Vabo 7. The ‘activation turn’ and the new horizontal division of labour at the local level. The case of social assistance services in Austria, Belgium, Norway and Switzerland Peter Raeymaeckers, Bettina Leibetseder, Robert Fluder, Erika Gubrium and Danielle Dierckx 8. Care in the wake of the financial crisis. Gender implications in Spain and the United Kingdom Blanca Deusdad, Jana Javornik, Rosa Mas Giralt and Raquel Marbán-Flores PART III RECENT TRAJECTORIES IN CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE9. Care for older people in early twenty-first century Europe. Dimensions and directions of changeTeppo Kröger and Angela Bagnato10. How marketisation is changing the Nordic model of care for older peopleAnneli Anttonen and Olli Karsio11. The de-institutionalisation of care for older people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. National strategies and local outcomesKateřina Kubalčíková, Gábor Szüdi, Jaroslava Szüdi and Jana Havlíková12. Care for older people in three Mediterranean countries. Discourses, policies, and realities of de-institutionalisationBlanca Deusdad, Sagit Lev, Charles Pace and Sue VellaPART IV LOCAL INITIATIVES, SOCIAL INNOVATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION13. The Janus face of social innovation in local welfare initiativesLiisa Häikiö, Laurent Fraisse, Sofia Adam, Outi Jolanki and Marcus Knutagård 14. Social innovation in the field of Roma inclusion in Hungary and Austria. Lessons to foster social cohesion from Thara and TanodasCarla Weinzierl, Andreas Novy, Anikó Bernát, Florian Wukovitsch and Zsuzsanna Vercseg15. The social inclusion of immigrants in the United Kingdom and Italy. Different but converging trajectories?Rosa Mas Giralt and Antonella Sarlo16. Housing and neighbourhood. Basic needs, governance and social innovationPeter Brokking, Marisol García, Dina Vaiou and Serena VicariPART V SOCIAL SERVICES DISRUPTED. CHALLENGES AND SCENARIOS 17. Challenges and dilemmas in the provision of social servicesAnneli Anttonen18. The role of the state in the development of social servicesMargitta Mätzke 19. Social services disrupted. Changing supply landscapes, impacts and policy options Flavia MartinelliIndex