Nanna Mik-Meyer

The power of citizens and professionals in welfare encounters (eBook, ePUB)

The influence of bureaucracy, market and psychology

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about power in welfare encounters. Present-day citizens are no longer the passive clients of the bureaucracy and welfare workers are no longer automatically the powerful party of the encounter. Instead, citizens are expected to engage in active, responsible and coproducing relationships with welfare workers. However, other factors impact these interactions; factors which often pull in different directions. Welfare encounters are thus influenced by bureaucratic principles and market values as well. Consequently, this book engages with both Weberian (bureaucracy) and Foucauldian (market values/NPM) studies when investigating the powerful welfare encounter. The book is targeted Academics, post-graduates, and undergraduates within sociology, anthropology and political science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526110312
• Artikelnr.: 57473536

Autorenporträt

Nanna Mik-Meyer is Professor in Sociology in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction Part I Power and professions in welfare work 2 Professions, de
professionalisation and welfare work 3 Soft power and welfare work 4 Powerful encounters as seen from an interactionist perspective Part II The bureaucratic, market and psychology
inspired contexts 5 The bureaucratic context: administrator
client 6 The market context: service
consumer 7 The psychology
inspired context: coach
coachee Part III Welfare encounters in practice 8 The power of bureaucracy, market and psychology in citizen
staff encounters 9 Conclusion Index