Participation, Marginalization and Welfare Services

Aila-Lena Matthies, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. Lars Uggerhoj, Aalborg University, Denmark.

Contents: Introduction: How participation, marginalization and welfare services are connected, Aila-Leena Matthies; Cross-European research on various aspects of participation and marginalization in the field of welfare services, Aila-Leena Matthies; Part I Concepts: Four faces of participation, Martti Siisiainen; Clients' participation and social workl practices: the case of the contract between client and practitioner, Silvia Fargion; From definition to action: empowerment as a tool for change in social work practice, Petra Videmsek. Part II Policy Analyses: the age of austerity in welfare services - impact on social work and marginalized people, Lena Dominelli; Transformation of participation: politics and social citizenship in Finnish welfare governance, Kati Narhi and Tuomo Kokkonen; Service user involvement in the Swedish welfare services - in theory and in practice, Sara Hultqvist and Tapio Salonen; Multilevel governance mechanism to promote the participation of marginalized groups, Patricia Almaguer-Kalixto, Emma Juaneda and Carmen Marcuello; Capacities of participation and local inclusion - a double-edged sword, Mia Arp Faloy; Collective action and social movement of poor people - a road to participation and power?, Sissel Seim; Participatory alternatives for charity food delivery ? - Finnish development in an international comparison, Tiina Silvasti. Part III Practice Analyses: The powerful meeting between social workers and service users - needs, barriers and possibilities in participation processes between service users and social workers in agency settings, Lars Uggerhoj; Coping strategies among marginalized youth in Finland, Juha Mikkonen; Social rights within the frame of personal assistance in a Swedish context: opportunity for participation for people with disabilities? Monika Larsson; learning from a cross-country evaluation of involving service users in social work edication and research, Shula Ramon, Shira Hantman, Roxana Anghel, Carolyn Gutman, Wendy Criden and Miriam Ben-Oz; Conclusion, Lars Uggerhoj; Index.