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Individualization and the Delivery of Welfare Services: Contestation and Complexity

By Anna Yeatman , Gary Wayne Dowsett , Diane Gursansky

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
1403988080, 9781403988089
LCC
HV31 .Y43 2008
Open Library ID
OL11643010M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
707 kB (723505 bytes)
Pages
240\294
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The conception of welfare services has changed radically. The focus has shifted from a paternalistic conception of what the state and professionals can do for, or to, needy clients to a post-paternalistic conception of services that respond to and develop self-determining capacities of individual service users or consumers. This book examines the contradictions and complexities of contemporary individualized welfare services, with special reference to service user groups who are deeply dependent in ongoing ways on service delivery for their quality of life.

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