Care and Discretion: Welfare States Revisited
Författare
Summary, in English
This article analyses the consequences of using the concept of caregiving as a basis of extending social rights in the welfare state. By focusing on the administration of the right to a care allowance to a parent with a disabled child, the development of the concept of individualized justice and the use of discretion are examined. The article reveals how rights are differentially distributed through the use of two mechanisms - normal-relating and giving-voice and concludes by suggesting that the role of the welfare administrator is caught between the demands of a bureaucratic actor watching the purse strings of the organization and the development of a professional role charged with identifying the unique situation of every citizen under the collective umbrella of welfare legislation.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2003
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
68-98
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
Volym
Volym 17
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Oxford University Press
Ämne
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Nyckelord
- handicapped children
- social policy
- discretion
- bureaucratic justice
- care
- social rights
- sociology
- sociologi
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1464-3707