UID:
almahu_9949386276102882
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 174 pages).
ISBN:
9780429276910
,
0429276915
,
9781000203943
,
1000203948
,
1000203921
,
9781000203936
,
100020393X
,
9781000203929
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in social work
Content:
"Welfare service systems all over Europe and beyond are under major transformations with new models of service delivery and management, austerity measures, requirements for cost-effectiveness, marketization, and the prioritization of services. This book studies these from the standpoint of women in vulnerable positions in society. The women whose experiences and encounters with the service system are heard include women in poverty, homeless women, women with substance use problems, women sentenced of crime, and refugees and asylum-seeking women. They encounter severe obstacles, face stigma, social inequalities and oppression in their everyday life. They would need special attention and support from the professionals and the service system. Instead, they easily fall in between complex systems, do not have their individual needs met or their specific life situations recognised. Drawing upon research and critical discussions from different countries, Finland, Canada, Israel, Slovenia, Spain and the UK, the book provides new empirical findings, critical insights, and a valuable resource for the academics and students in social work, social policy, sociology and gender studies, but also for policy makers and professionals in social and health care"--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Women, vulnerabilities and welfare service systems New York : Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9780367228026
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9780429276910
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429276910
