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.

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Harvard

Carstensen, K, Burau, V, Dahl, HM & Nielsen Hald, A 2022, 'How Welfare Professions Contribute to the Making of Welfare Governance: Professional Agency and Institutional Work in Elder Care', Journal of Social Policy, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 900-919. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279421000271

APA

Carstensen, K., Burau, V., Dahl, H. M., & Nielsen Hald, A. (2022). How Welfare Professions Contribute to the Making of Welfare Governance: Professional Agency and Institutional Work in Elder Care. Journal of Social Policy, 51(4), 900-919. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279421000271

Vancouver

Carstensen K, Burau V, Dahl HM, Nielsen Hald A. How Welfare Professions Contribute to the Making of Welfare Governance: Professional Agency and Institutional Work in Elder Care. Journal of Social Policy. 2022;51(4):900-919. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279421000271

Author

Carstensen, Kathrine ; Burau, Viola ; Dahl, Hanne Marlene ; Nielsen Hald, Andreas. / How Welfare Professions Contribute to the Making of Welfare Governance : Professional Agency and Institutional Work in Elder Care. In: Journal of Social Policy. 2022 ; Vol. 51, No. 4. pp. 900-919.

Bibtex

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