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Actors, legitimation and cultures of social work
- Author:
- WALLS G.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(4), October 1994, pp.218-225.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article is based on a study of rationality and language games in social work, focussing on the actors of social welfare and health care. Included are the heads and social workers of public welfare and health care agencies and institutions, officials of voluntary organisations, and activists in social change-oriented action groups in Finland.
Preparedness within the municipal social services in Sweden: planning for the home help service organization for elderly people in war and crisis from two organizational perspectives
- Author:
- CASTENFORS K.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(4), October 1994, pp.226-232.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
A study aiming at presenting the effects of increases in work strain during war and crisis on the home help service organization within the social service sector in Stockholm was carried out in 1991. Reports findings.
Ethnicity as a risk indicator for musculoskeletal disease, long consultation times and care utilization. A prospective visitor study of 438 consecutive adult consultations of a primary health care centre
- Authors:
- SUNDQUIST J., ROSEN U., JOHANSSON S.-E.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(4), October 1994, pp.212-217.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article shows the influence of ethnicity (people born outside Sweden and in Sweden) and social class on the distribution of diagnoses, consultation time and health care utilization in primary health care in Lund, Sweden.
The poverty line and subsistence minimum in Latvia
- Author:
- DOBELNIECE S.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(4), October 1994, pp.193-202.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article gives a picture of the difficulties of defining poverty and setting up a poverty line in a post-Communist country in the period of transition to democracy and a market economy. The ongoing processes are linked with the deterioration of living standards and wellbeing of the population. The government has attempted to protect the population socially, accepting a subsistence minimum and later a crisis subsistence minimum. It is difficult to argue that the activities of the government have been successful and helped much in improving the living standards of the population of Latvia.
The hidden welfare state, tax expenditure and social policy - a comparative overview
- Author:
- GREVE Bent
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(4), October 1994, pp.203-211.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article describes, discusses and presents information about tax expenditure and its relation to social policy. It stresses that the hidden welfare state strongly influences social policy and that only looking a the direct provision of welfare goods may be misleading when making comparisons between countries. The article presents new figures on tax expenditure in relation to social policy and does so in a comparative perspective. It is argued that tax expenditure seems to have an upside down effect, but further research is needed to substantiate this. It concludes that tax expenditure strongly influences the provision, financing and delivery of social policy, and tax expenditure therefore has to be more fully integrated into the analysis of the welfare state.
Poverty drug use in Hungary
- Authors:
- BACKSAI E., GEREVICH J.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(4), October 1994, pp.186-192.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
There is little substantive information on the present trends on drug use in the countries of central and eastern Europe, including Hungary. There has been a substantial change in recent years in the illegal and legal use of psychoactive substances; the western type of drug trade and drug use has begun, with the influx of classical drugs (heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, LSD and hashish). In addition, a study based on data obtained from all district physicians shows that the rate of regular use of psychoactive substances is very high in the parts of Hungary with poor infrastructure. This 'poverty' drug use, together with the poppy cult and the traditions of grape cultivation and wine drinking could be a serious obstacle to the wider spread of western type drug use in Hungary.
A call for an integrated social development strategy towards a society for all
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(4), October 1994, pp.233-239.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
The full text of a declaration adopted at the 26th World Conference of the International Council on Social Welfare in Tampere, Finland, 3-7 July 1994.
Immigrants in Sweden's labour market during the 1980s
- Authors:
- AGUILAR R., GUSTAFSSON B.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(3), July 1994, pp.139-147.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Using a new database, the authors studied the earnings of people born outside Sweden and those born in Sweden who were living in Sweden from 1978 to 1990. The results show that relative earnings of people born outside Sweden deteriorated. This is not only caused by an increasing proportion of immigrants from countries outside Europe but also by a deteriorating situation on the labour market for immigrants born in the Nordic countries or in other European countries.
Economic process of immigrants in Sweden from 1970 to 1990: a longitudinal study
- Author:
- EKBERG Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(3), July 1994, pp.148-157.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Presents a longitudinal study of immigrants' adaptation to the Swedish labour market. The study is based on data from the 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1990 censuses, and demonstrates the large differences in economic success between different immigrant groups compared with corresponding native-born Swedish groups. There are differences in both socioeconomic trends and income trends. Some of the differences tend to support the corresponding studies made in the United States, but there are also results that differ. It is necessary to understand the economic progress among immigrants in a very broad perspective. The economic and the political circumstances, both in the emigrant and the immigrant countries must be added to a traditional human capital model.
Migration and welfare
- Author:
- GINSBURG Bengt Erik
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(3), July 1994, pp.102-108.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Migrants account for an increasing proportion of unemployed people in Europe, and their economic position is deteriorating in many countries. Non-European refugees face the biggest risk of unemployment and welfare dependence. This, in turn, affects their health and wellbeing. Assessing and meeting the need for health care and social welfare for these vulnerable individuals is a challenge to health care, social services and to the public in host countries. Mainstream facilities should be the base, but transitional culturally sensitive programs may have many advantages as complements. Ethnically specific public services should not be regarded as a privilege for certain groups but as a measure to protect minorities from hidden discrimination. There is great complexity in migratory flows as well as the responses of recipient countries. This generates opportunities for comparative research programs focusing on intercultural encounters and adaptation processes. Joint efforts are essential to initiate collaborative research.