Sociala stöd- & förmånssystem

Barnkonventionen är sedan den 1 januari 2020 svensk lag. Det har medfört ett ökat behov att förstå hur konventionen kan användas i praktiken, vilka utmaningar som finns men också vilka möjligheter den kan ...

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I denna tvärvetenskapliga antologi skärskådas kopplingar och dynamiker mellan barndom och utsatthet av några av Sveriges främsta forskare. - Vilka möjligheter har barn och unga i utsatthet att göra sin röst hörd och bli lyssnade på? - Vilka skyldi...

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This book examines how child protection law has been shaped by the transition to late modernity and how it copes with the ever-changing concept of risk. The book traces the evolution of the contemporary child protection system through historical c...

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Children often fare the worst when communities face social and environmental changes. The quality of food, water, affection and education that children receive can have major impacts on their subsequent lives and their potential to become engaged ...

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I Socialpolitik - en historisk bakgrund, internationella jämförelser och aktuella politiska utmaningar ges ett historiskt och internationellt perspektiv på den svenska socialpolitikens utveckling, allt från tidigt 1800-tal fram till i dag. Tre soc...

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Children and families are at the heart of social work all over the world, but, until now Nordic perspectives have been rare in the body of English-language child welfare literature. Is there something that makes child welfare ideas and practices t...

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"Äntligen!" utropade socialförsäkringsminister Annika Strandhäll våren 2017. Nya siffror bekräftade att antalet sjukskrivna hade vänt nedåt, en trend som inleddes bara veckor efter att regeringen gett Försäkringskassan i uppdrag att mins...

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This book tackles both the social structure and the politics of social inequalities. It sets a comprehensive agenda for research which also includes the public role of social scientists in dealing with the transnationalized social question.

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Child soldiers are generally perceived as faultless, passive victims. This ignores that the roles of child soldiers vary, from innocent abductee to wilful perpetrator. This book argues that child soldiers should be judged on their actions and that...

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Child abuse is often under the media spotlight - each new case reveals failings in the systems responsible for child protection and brings a new government response, muddying the legal and policy framework. This book offers an exhaustive analysis ...

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Each chapter provides in-depth discussions and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for Developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students. Includes chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the a...

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With welfare to work programmes under intense scrutiny, this book reviews a wide range of existing and future policies across Europe. Seventeen contributors provide case studies and legal, sociological and philosophical perspectives from around th...

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Kön och juridik i socialt arbete handlar om myndighetsutövande i socialt arbete. Boken är skriven ur ett könsperspektiv och författaren ställer här frågan om § 3 i lagen med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga (LVU) bättre motsvarar pojkars pro...

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Childcare is a topic that is frequently in the media spotlight and continues to spark heated debate in the UK and around the world. This book presents an in-depth study of childcare policy and practice, examining middle class parents' choice of ch...

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ÄNTLIGEN EN BOK SOM VÅGAR LYFTA FRAM frågorna som berör. Det som Jan Blomström gör här är helt unikt! Han lyfter på ett helt nytt sätt fram en av vår tids största och kanske viktigaste branscher, nämligen personlig assistans, med ambitionen att sk...

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Vad är barnets bästa vid en familjehemsplacering? Vilken roll har barnet vid beslut som fattas i samband med placeringen? I boken utreds fosterbarnets rättsliga ställning inför, under och vid upphörandet av en placering. Här behandlas regelverket ...

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Youth-led organizing, a burgeoning movement that empowers young people while simultaneously enabling them to make substantive contributions to their communities, is increasingly receiving attention from scholars, activists, and the media. Melvin D...

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In late summer 2015, Sweden embarked on one of the largest self-described humanitarian efforts in its history, opening its borders to 163,000 asylum seekers fleeing the war in Syria. Six months later this massive effort was over. On January 4, 201...

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This book examines child welfare across a range of services and populations. Special features include a "whole child" integrative approach, interdisciplinary definitions of abuse, best practices for prevention, child well-being trends, and the rol...

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This timely book assesses how Europe's welfare states have dealt with the challenges of globalization and the financial crisis. It asks whether the European Union has adopted a general strategy for dealing with four major threats to the sustainabl...

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Vad händer med välfärden när 650 000 personer, en tiondel av Sveriges vuxna befolkning, tecknar privat sjukvårdsförsäkring? I boken Vårdstölden visar John Lapidus hur den gemensamma välfärden under det sista decenniet har fått sällskap av ett dolt...

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This volume provides an analytical framework that links welfare states to party systems, combining recent contributions to the comparative political economy of the welfare state and insights from party and electoral politics.

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It focuses on the question, "How can child protection professionals actually build partnerships with parents where there is suspected or substantiated child abuse or neglect?" The authors bring the solution orientation to child protectio...

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This book questions whether the recently promoted European 'social investment' strategy is able to regenerate the welfare state, promote social inclusion, create more and better jobs, and help address the challenges posed by the economic crisis, g...

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Eileen Munro, author of the seminal Munro Review, returns in this fully revised and updated third edition . With new chapters on 'Child Protection Agencies as Complex Adaptive Systems' and 'How organisations can support more effective practice', t...

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New York Times Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a ground...

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Valfrihet är ett djupt ideologiskt begrepp. Valfrihet i välfärden synliggör som få andra frågor en spricka rakt igenom den svenska politiska scenen: det ses som en väg till ökat inflytande för varje medborgare eller som ett recept på ökad ojämlikh...

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Handläggning av felaktiga utbetalningar av försörjningsstöd och misstänkt bidragsbrott.

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An international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequality Parents everywhere want their children to be happy and do well. Yet how parents seek to achieve this ambition varies enormously. For instance, ...

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Welfare States and Immigrant Rights deals with the policies and politics of immigrants' inclusion and exclusion in six countries representing different types of welfare states: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, and De...

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