Social Care Services

Jorma Sipilä

1. Introduction. Jorma Sipilä. 2. New Policies, New Words – the Service Concept in Scandinavian Social Policy. Lennart Nygren with Margit Andersson, Guđný Eydal, Sten-Erik Hammarqvist, Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala and Hanne Warming Nielsen. 3. A Multitude of Universal, Public Services – How and Why Did Four Scandinavian Countries Get Their Social Care Service Model? Jorma Sipilä with Margit Andersson, Sten-Erik Hammarqvist, Lars Nordlander, Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala, Kåre Thomsen and Hanne Warming Nielsen. 4. The Development of Local Authority Social Services in Iceland. Ingibjörg Broddadóttir, Guđný Eydal, Steinunn Hrafnsdóttir and H. Sigurveig Sigurđardóttir. 5. From Poor Relief to Social Rights and Social Care Services’ Clienthood. Outi Ketola, Kåre Thomsen and Hanne Warming Nielsen. 6. Local Government in Scandinavia: Autonomous or Integrated into the Welfare State? Teppo Kröger. 7. The Scandinavian Model as Seen from a Local Perspective. Jan-Inge Hanssen. 8. Why are Social Care Services a Gender Issue? Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala with Margit Andersson, Guđný Eydal, Outi Ketola and Hanne Warming Nielsen. 9. The Scandinavian Social Service State in Comparison. Peter Abrahamson.