How Welfare Professions Contribute to the Making of Welfare Governance: Professional Agency and Institutional Work in Elder Care
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How Welfare Professions Contribute to the Making of Welfare Governance : Professional Agency and Institutional Work in Elder Care. / Carstensen, Kathrine; Burau, Viola; Dahl, Hanne Marlene; Nielsen Hald, Andreas.
In: Journal of Social Policy, Vol. 51, No. 4, 2022, p. 900-919.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - How Welfare Professions Contribute to the Making of Welfare Governance
T2 - Professional Agency and Institutional Work in Elder Care
AU - Carstensen, Kathrine
AU - Burau, Viola
AU - Dahl, Hanne Marlene
AU - Nielsen Hald, Andreas
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), 2021.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Welfare governance in elder care has undergone significant changes, but we know less about the processes and actors of making welfare governance. This is problematic, as the concern for process is a key strength of the welfare governance perspective. Based on a case study of elder care in Denmark, and drawing on studies of professions, the aim is to analyse how welfare professions contribute to the making of welfare governance. Our analysis shows that welfare professions bring unique resources into play. They have strong professional agency, drawing on both broader institutional roles and more specific professional projects. The institutional work itself is highly complex and the welfare professions combine not only formal and informal coordination, but also do so in ways that are closely tailored to specific contexts. The analysis makes important empirical and theoretical contributions to the study of welfare governance in elder care.
AB - Welfare governance in elder care has undergone significant changes, but we know less about the processes and actors of making welfare governance. This is problematic, as the concern for process is a key strength of the welfare governance perspective. Based on a case study of elder care in Denmark, and drawing on studies of professions, the aim is to analyse how welfare professions contribute to the making of welfare governance. Our analysis shows that welfare professions bring unique resources into play. They have strong professional agency, drawing on both broader institutional roles and more specific professional projects. The institutional work itself is highly complex and the welfare professions combine not only formal and informal coordination, but also do so in ways that are closely tailored to specific contexts. The analysis makes important empirical and theoretical contributions to the study of welfare governance in elder care.
KW - elder care
KW - institutional work
KW - professional agency
KW - welfare governance
KW - Welfare professions
U2 - 10.1017/S0047279421000271
DO - 10.1017/S0047279421000271
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85104071588
VL - 51
SP - 900
EP - 919
JO - Journal of Social Policy
JF - Journal of Social Policy
SN - 0047-2794
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 388636134