Participation, Marginalization and Welfare Services Concepts, Politics and Practices Across European Countries
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Biographical note
Aila-Leena Matthies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland and Lars Uggerhøj, Aalborg University, Denmark.âParticipation, a label once clearly connected with widening democracy, has many and quite different meanings these days. One of them is to be involved to some degree rather than being marginalized. Welfare services have a key role in this. The analytical contributions and case studies in this book give a rich portrait of the challenges that arise when strategies for involvement by service support and activation oscillate between building capacities and quests for conformity.â Adalbert Evers, Justus-Liebig-University, Germany âThe contributors to this versatile volume explore inherent contradictions in the institutional arrangements, policies and discourses of contemporary Scandinavian and European social regimes. Based on a range of local studies, the authors problematize claims of social service involvement, and insightfully reformulate a handful of notions associated with citizen participation. This is a timely book for professionals, academics and students. It grapples with an urgent question, suggesting emergent forms of solidarity.â Adrienne Chambon, University of Toronto, Canada