1st Edition
Transforming Subjectivities Studies in Human Malleability in Contemporary Times
1. Introduction: Transforming Subjectivities
Cecilia Hansen Löfstrand and Kerstin Jacobsson
2. A Brighter Future? The Transformative Power of Models in Social Services
Lovisa Näslund and Renita Thedvall
3. The Storying of Experience: Shaping Caseworker Subjectivity at Social Insurance Agencies
Kerstin Jacobsson
4. Swedish Police Reform and the Emergence of New Police Subjectivities
Bertil Rolandsson
5. Negotiating Subjectivities in Social Work Dialogues
Johan Lindwall
6. Subjectification, Advice Giving and Resistance in Mental Health Home Visit Interactions
Kirsi Juhila and Cecilia Hansen Löfstrand
7. Transforming Industrial Subjectivity? Scenes from a Youth Activation Centre
Jon Sunnerfjell
8. The Problematizing and Counter-Conducting Subjects of Financial Education
Jane Pettersson
9. State-sanctioned Educational Initiatives Aimed at transforming Adult Immigrants: Interpretation, Negotiation and Resistance
Marie Carlson and Nanna Gillberg
10. Conclusion
Cecilia Hansen Löfstrand and Kerstin Jacobsson
Biography
Cecilia Hansen Löfstrand is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has published widely on social and health care, social policy and governance, policing, private security and crime victim support.
Kerstin Jacobsson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has published widely on labour market policy and governance, as well as on civil society and social movements.
