Power and Welfare: Understanding Citizens' Encounters with State Welfare

by Kaspar Villadsen, Nanna Mik-Meyer, Kaspar Villardsen

Book Overview

In the welfare provision of today, power takes both the shape of juridical sanctions and of attractive offers for self-development. When state institutions punish criminals, remove children at risk, or enforce sanctions upon welfare recipients the question of power is immediately urgent. It is less readily evident that power is at stake when institutions educate, counsel or 'empower' citizens. This book offers a framework for understanding and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138817848
• ISBN13: 9781138817845
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"