Sökning: "social assistance assessments"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden social assistance assessments.

  1. 1. Differentiating the Poor : Patterns of Discrimination in Decision-Making on Social Assistance Eligibility

    Författare :Klara Hussénius; Hugo Stranz; Åke Bergmark; Helena Blomberg-Kroll; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bias; deservingness; discrimination; ethnicity; gender; social assistance assessments; social policy; social workers; street-level bureaucrats; socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Sammanfattning : Access to the Swedish welfare state’s last safety net, social assistance, is ultimately determined through discretionary decision-making by social workers. This dissertation examines intersectional patterns and discriminatory bias in social workers’ assessments about social assistance eligibility. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Utrymme för variation : - om prövning av socialbidrag

    Författare :Hugo Stranz; Åke Bergmark; Björn Gustafsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social assistance; social workers; assessments; vignettes; organization; discretion; regulations; Social work; Socialt arbete; socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Sammanfattning : The overarching aim of this dissertation is to study divergences in assessments of social assistance in Swedish social welfare offices. ‘Assessments’ here refers to whether applications for social assistance are granted or not, as well as the size of subsidies. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Activation Policy in Action : A Street-Level Study of Social Assistance in the Swedish Welfare State

    Författare :Katarina H. Thorén; Sydney Hans; Tapio Salonen; Jennifer Mosley; Jeanne Marsh; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Activation policy; social assistance; street-level bureaucracy theory; front-line workers; implementation; welfare state; coping strategy; discretion; Social work; Socialt arbete; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Sammanfattning : Work-related activation policies are currently developing in most western welfare states. Sweden is no exception and activation policies were introduced in the 1990s in many municipal social services organizations in Sweden. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Socialt arbete som kommunikativ praktik : Samtal med och om klienter

    Författare :Christian Kullberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social welfare; communication; client; social worker; gender; interview; meeting; attribution theory; victimization; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : Social work is a communicative enterprise. Thus, social welfare officers talk with clients, analyse their needs in dialogues, transform client accounts into institutional language, keep records and fill in forms, contact authorities and perform a number of similar activities by means of language. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Aktivering av socialbidragstagare - om stöd och kontroll i socialtjänsten

    Författare :Jenny Nybom; Tommy Lundström; Bo Vinnerljung; Tapio Salonen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; activation; workfare; welfare-to-work; sanctions; social assistance; social services; welfare; socialtjänst; socialbidrag; ekonomiskt bistånd; försörjningsstöd; aktivering; arbetslinjen; sanktioner; tvång; bedömningar; utfall; uppföljning; Social Work; socialt arbete;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to examine activation, including support and control, among different groups of social assistance (SA) recipients. Assessments and activation related decisions during one year are analysed for 372 social randomly selected assistance claimants from four municipalities. LÄS MER