Promoting Active Citizenship: Markets and Choice in Scandinavian Welfare

Book Overview

1. Does out-contracting of welfare services promote active citizenship?; Karl Henrik Sivesind and H?kon Solbu Tr tteberg.- 2.The Changing Roles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Welfare Provision in Norway, Sweden and Denmark; Karl Henrik Sivesind.- 3. Education and elderly care in Denmark, Norway and Sweden: National policies and legal frameworks for private providers; Signe Bock Segaard and Jo Saglie.- 4. Towards a more diversified supply of welfare services? Marketisation and the local governing of nursing homes in Scandinavian countries; David Feltenius.- 5. Local governing of schools in Scandinavia - between state, market and civil society; Malene Th gersen.- 6. Active citizenship in Scandinavian schools and nursing homes; H?kon Solbu Tr tteberg.- 7. Does the type of service provider affect user satisfaction? Public, for-profit and nonprofit kindergartens, schools and nursing homes in Norway; Tord Skogedal Lind?n, Audun Fladmoe and Dag Arne Christensen.- 8. The Future of the Scandinavian Welfare Model: User Choice, Parallel Governance Systems, and Active Citizenship; Karl Henrik Sivesind, H?kon Solbu Tr tteberg and Jo Saglie.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319856456
• ISBN13: 9783319856452
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"