Agents of the Welfare State
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Agents of the Welfare State

How Caseworkers Respond to Need in the United States, Germany, and Sweden

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Agents of the Welfare State

How Caseworkers Respond to Need in the United States, Germany, and Sweden

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This book shows how responsiveness in European welfare programs is institutionalized through nationally distinct legal foundations, professional traditions, and resource networks, while revealing how resource scarcities threaten to erode these capabilities.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Agents of the Welfare State
  3. Table of Contents
  4. List of Figures
  5. List of Tables
  6. List of Acronyms
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 Book Overview: Responding to Need in Diverse State Settings
  9. 2 Linking Welfare Caseworker Decision Making to State Institutions
  10. 3 Welfare Caseworkers in California, the United States: Eligibility Technicians and the Regulation of Desert
  11. 4 Welfare Caseworkers in Bremen, Germany: Entitlement Scholars in a Highly Regulated State
  12. 5 Welfare Caseworkers in Malmö, Sweden: Social Workers and the Consultation Culture
  13. 6 Welfare-to-Work Caseworkers in California, the United States: Institutionalizing the Search for Employment
  14. 7 Welfare-to-Work Caseworkers in Bremen, Germany: Resource Brokering into Vocational Training and the Secondary Labor Market
  15. 8 Welfare-to-Work Caseworkers in Malmö, Sweden:The Emergence of Individualized Employment Services in Municipal Activation Agencies
  16. 9 Comparing Welfare Administration in the Three Worlds of Social Welfare
  17. Appendix: Interview Data
  18. Notes
  19. References
  20. Index