Special Issue on ’Shifts in Nordic Welfare Governance’ now published
Building on the literature on welfare governance and change, the special issue analyses the complexity of welfare governance by looking at changes in both the vertical and the horizontal dimensions of governing, using elderly care as a case. The special issue also assesses the substantive implications of shifts in welfare governance, notably in terms of universalism.
The contributions to the special issue point an increased mix of logics of governance in elderly care as well as a considerable local room to manoeuvre. In regards to the consequences for universalism, the contributions point to three contrasting scenarios. The first relatively optimistic assessment suggests that while decentralisation challenges territorial equality, in some Nordic countries there seems to be inbuilt self-correcting mechanisms pulling in the opposite direction. The second scenario is more critical and highlights that universalism has become highly contingent on local circumstances. The final scenario is rather pessimistic and suggests that universalism is challenged on all counts, leading to a wide range of new inequalities among citizens. This echoes the analysis of non-Nordic countries in Europe where the scope for universalism remains limited
The special issue, which is edited by Viola Burau (University of Aarhus) and Signy Irene Vabo (Oslo University College), includes the following contributions:
Guest editorial: Shifts in Nordic welfare governance: introduction and outlook
Viola Burau, Signy Irene Vabo (pp. 140 - 147)
Retuning the Nordic welfare municipality: Central regulation of social care under change in Finland
Teppo Kröger (pp. 148 - 159)
Multi-level governance in Norway: universalism in elderly and mental health care services
Gro Sandkjær Hanssen, Marit Kristine Helgesen (pp. 160 - 172)
Universalism and the local organisation of elderly care
Signy Irene Vabo, Viola Burau (pp. 173 - 184)
Local welfare governance structuring informal carers' dual position
Liisa Häikiö, Anneli Anttonen (pp. 185 - 196)
Changing governance, changing needs interpretations: implications for universalism
Mia Vabø (pp. 197 - 208)
Multi-level governance and universalism: Austria and Germany compared
Hildegard Theobald (pp. 209 - 221)
Quasi-marketisation in domiciliary care: varied patterns, similar problems?
Ingo Bode, Laurent Gardin, Marthe Nyssens (pp. 222 - 235)
For further details on the special issue, please follow the following link.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0144-333x&volume=31&issue=3
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Viola Burau
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Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus
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