Agents of the Welfare State: How Caseworkers Respond to Need in the United States, Germany, and Sweden

Jewell, C.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2007-10-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403984111

DOI: 10.1057/9780230607255

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 246