Titre : | Social policy & administration, vol. 31, n° 1. - 1997/03 |
Type de document : | Bulletin |
Paru le : | 01/03/1997 |
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The welfare state, having reached maturity in most European countries, faces challenges from economic, social and political developments. Some studies argue that common pressures are likely to evoke similar responses ; otherds suggest that the d[...]
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The first half of this paper offers a cumulative review of the changes in global objectives and operating principles and their global consequences, characteristic of the shift from the ideal type of the modern welfare state to the neo-liberal or[...]
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This article suggests it is important to unpack the notion of "empowerment" in community care so that the position of those who provide "hands-on" care is scrutinised alongside the empowerment of "users" of care. The particular case of the forth[...]
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This paper challenges the notion of "care", arguing that people who need support in their daily lives have been constructed a "dependent people". Instead, the author argues, if we want to empower people we must learn from the Idependent Living M[...]
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Though providing baths in the community for disabled and older people has long been an area of service dispute, it has received little academic or policy attention. This is partly because bathing and washing are assumed to be common-sense activi[...]
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There is currently a debate about the future funding of long-term care for old people. Welcome as it is, there is a risk that the focus on finance will obscure equally important questions about who should provide the care and what models of care[...]