Social Services, Democracy and the Capability Approach: Concluding Reflections
The article recapitulates some major challenges and pitfalls associated with the turn toward welfare service states analysed in the contributions of this special issue. However, referring to complementarities between the redistributive welfare state and personalized social services it also emphasise...
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description | The article recapitulates some major challenges and pitfalls associated with the turn toward welfare service states analysed in the contributions of this special issue. However, referring to complementarities between the redistributive welfare state and personalized social services it also emphasises the task and possibilities to create participatory, capability-friendly welfare service policies that enhance and sustain a more egalitarian and democratic understanding of social citizenship. |
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spelling | doaj.art-602c9f3214f4428784cfce652a4360232022-12-21T19:32:21ZengSocial Work & SocietySocial Work and Society1613-89532020-05-01181Social Services, Democracy and the Capability Approach: Concluding ReflectionsJean-Michel Bonvin0Holger Ziegler1University of Geneva, Faculté des Sciences de la Société, Institut de Démographie et SocioéconomieBielefeld University, Faculty for Educational Science; Working Group 8 – Social WorkThe article recapitulates some major challenges and pitfalls associated with the turn toward welfare service states analysed in the contributions of this special issue. However, referring to complementarities between the redistributive welfare state and personalized social services it also emphasises the task and possibilities to create participatory, capability-friendly welfare service policies that enhance and sustain a more egalitarian and democratic understanding of social citizenship.https://ejournals.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/sws/article/view/651 |
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title | Social Services, Democracy and the Capability Approach: Concluding Reflections |
title_full | Social Services, Democracy and the Capability Approach: Concluding Reflections |
title_fullStr | Social Services, Democracy and the Capability Approach: Concluding Reflections |
title_full_unstemmed | Social Services, Democracy and the Capability Approach: Concluding Reflections |
title_short | Social Services, Democracy and the Capability Approach: Concluding Reflections |
title_sort | social services democracy and the capability approach concluding reflections |
url | https://ejournals.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/sws/article/view/651 |
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