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Agents of the Welfare State - How Caseworkers Respond to Need in the United States, Germany, and Sweden (Hardcover, 2007 ed.) Loot Price: R1,523

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Agents of the Welfare State - How Caseworkers Respond to Need in the United States, Germany, and Sweden (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

C. Jewell

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Have globalization pressures and neo-liberal ideas led to convergence in how countries respond to welfare claimants? Through ethnographic case studies of social assistance offices in the United States, Germany and Sweden, "Agents of the Welfare State" demonstrates persistent diversity in how states structure needs assessment and activation efforts, contrasting a bureaucratic, flat-grant system in the U.S., with German and Swedish programs in which individualized assessment is a core organizational task. It shows how responsiveness in these European programs is institutionalized through nationally distinct legal foundations, professional traditions, and resource networks, while revealing how resource scarcities threaten to erode these capabilities.

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Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	C. Jewell
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	246
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-8411-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4039-8411-5
Barcode:	9781403984111