This dissertation focuses on assessments concerning children and young persons in the
Social Services. The aim has been to describe and analyse the compulsory care process …

Abstract Giertz, Lottie (2012). Erkännande, makt och möten. En studie av inflytande och
självbestämmande med LSS.(Recognition, relations and power. A study of influence and …

In Sweden, support for abused women has historically been a task for female volunteers in
women's shelters. However, due to amendments in the Social Services Act, some local …

Denna boD har sitt ursprung i en nationell forsDningscirDel och ett projeDt som startade
efter initiativ från Polismyndighetens Nationella operativa avdelning (Noa) och …

Co-operation is highly valued in Swedish welfare work and joint efforts within and between
healthcare and welfare organizations is not new in Sweden. For decades the authorities …

Globalisation of the economy, as well as movement of people and increasing securitisation
of borders, have challenged and to different degrees destabilised forms of national …

Personal assistance is a user-directed service that was founded by a section of the disability
movement, namely the American Independent Living movement, in the late 1960s. Today …

The dissertation considers welfare with regard to international mobility and immobility. It
addresses a tension between two different conceptualisations of the organisation of …

In this article the caring power in the Swedish probation service is discussed. By exploring
the history of probation, formed since the early 19th century, the structure that is constructed …

This article aims to understand how social workers and volunteers, people who see
themselves as wanting to 'do good', justify the controlling actions they carry out in their …