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Community work in the context of the Swedish welfare model in transition
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology, Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4962-1540
2021 (English)In: Social Glocalisation and Education: Social Work, Health Sciences, and Practical Theology Perspectives on Change / [ed] Hobelsberger, Hans, Leverkusen Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2021, 1, p. 97-114Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This chapter explores the transformation of the Swedish welfare model and its implications for community work practice. The development of the Swedish welfare model from the 1990s and onwards is characterised by deregulation, recommodification and a reverse distribution from the public to the private sector. Through an analysis of extensive data on welfare and wealth in Sweden, this study shows how the Swedish welfare model has changed profoundly as power, resources and influence have been reallocated away from the democratically governed public sector towards the market driven private sector. The Swedish universal welfare model has been replaced by a mixed welfare model with increasing market liberal elements. Some of the consequences are less equal distributions of education, healthcare and elderly care services, lower democratic influence and reduced possibilities for redistribution policies. Social work in Sweden has traditionally been carried out within the politically driven public sector. The chapter problematises the implications for community based social work due to the ongoing changes of social policies and the welfare sector.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Leverkusen Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2021, 1. p. 97-114
Keywords [en]
Swedish universal welfare model, community work, welfare regime, decommodification, redistribution, deregulation
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Social Work
Research subject
Health-Promoting Work; Sustainable Urban Development
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-34587ISBN: 978-3-8474-2371-3 (print)ISBN: 978-3-8474-1512-1 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-34587DiVA, id: diva2:1511324
Available from: 2020-12-18 Created: 2020-12-18 Last updated: 2021-05-31Bibliographically approved

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