Neoliberalism, Nordic Welfare States and Social Work Current and Future Challenges

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction Neoliberalism and social work in Nordic welfare states Masoud Kamali and Jessica H. Jönsson; PART I Neoliberalism and the transformation of social policy Masoud Kamali and Jessica H. Jönsson; Chapter 1 Neoliberal drivers in hybrid civil society organisations: Critical readings of civicness and social entrepreneurism Linda Lundgaard Andersen; Chapter 2 Transformation of the Finnish Welfare State Tuomo Kokkonen, Kati Närhi and Aila-Leena Matthies; Chapter 3 Neoliberalism and the changing immigration and integration policies in Norway Ann Kristin Alseth; Chapter 4 Neoliberal management of social work in Sweden Marcus Herz and Philip Lalander; PART II Neoliberal reorganisation of the welfare states and social work practice Masoud Kamali and Jessica H. Jönsson; Chapter 5 Neoliberalism, welfare state and social work practice in Denmark Tove Rasmussen; Chapter 6 Neoliberalism, welfare state and social work practice in Finland Päivi Marjanen, Gary Spolander and Timo Aulanko; Chapter 7 The neoliberal reframing of user representation in Norway Bente Heggem Kojan, Edgar Marthinsen, Anne Moe and Nina Schiøll Skjefstad; Chapter 8 Markets, managers and machines: rationalising social work Marcus Lauri; PART III Neoliberalism and professional identities of social workers Masoud Kamali and Jessica H. Jönsson; Chapter 9 Responsibilisation, ideologies and professional identities in Danish youth social work Kathrine Vitus; Chapter 10 Social work restructuring and paradoxes of professional identity in Finland Camilla Nordberg; Chapter 11 The role of social workers under neoliberal ideology at the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service (NAV). Nina Schiøll Skjefstad, Riina Kiik and Hugo Sandoval; Chapter 12 Professional strategies and neoliberal challenges in Swedish social work practice Majen Espvall; PART IV Social work education and a changing welfare state Masoud Kamali and Jessica H. Jönsson; Chapter 13 Social work education and a changing welfare state in Denmark Pia Ringø, Maria Appel Nissen and Vibeke Bak Nielsen; Chapter 14 Social work education in Finland Tuomo Kokkonen and Kati Turtiainen; Chapter 15 Social work education and the changing welfare state in Norway Ann Kristin Alseth, Aina Lian Flem and Halvor Fauske; Chapter 16 Neoliberalism and Social Work Education: Students’ ability to identify elderlies’ rights and needs Sofie Ghazanfareeon Karlsson; PART V Resistance and progressive social work in a global neoliberal era Masoud Kamali and Jessica H. Jönsson; Chapter 17 Beating the ‘unemployable’ with a stick? How Danish street-level workers transformed a Danish work-first policy Anna Diop-Christensen; Chapter 18 A social work perspective to the neoliberal mining boom in Finland and the possibility of an ecosocial response Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö; Chapter 19 Resisting neoliberal changes in social work education; Marianne Rugkåsa and Signe Ylvisaker; Chapter 20 Urban marginality, social mobilisation and youth work in the shadow of neoliberalism and segregation Ove Sernhede; Conclusion Current and future challenges for Nordic welfare states and social work Masoud Kamali & Jessica H. Jönsson; Index

Biography

Masoud Kamali is professor of social work and sociology at Mid Sweden University. His research encompasses questions of social justice, social movements and challenges to social work in a global and late modern world.

Jessica H. Jönsson is a senior lecturer at the Department of Social Work, Mid Sweden University. Her research area concerns social work as a globalised and socio-political field facing increasing theoretical and practical challenges caused by socioeconomic, political and cultural transformations.