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Privatisation as professionalisation? Attitudes, motives and achievements among Swedish social workers

Pages 39-62 | Published online: 09 Oct 2010

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Peter Edlund & Daniel Lövgren. (2022) Caring about competition in eldercare? Staff groups, nursing homes, and Swedish market-inspired reforms. European Journal of Social Work 25:5, pages 909-921.
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Ulrika Järkestig Berggren, Kerstin Arnesson & Ann-Sofie Bergman. (2021) The Take-off for Private Consultants in Child Protection Investigations—How Did Sweden Get Here?. The British Journal of Social Work 51:4, pages 1463-1481.
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Pia Tham. (2018) A Professional Role in Transition: Swedish Child Welfare Social Workers’ Descriptions of Their Work in 2003 and 2014. The British Journal of Social Work 48:2, pages 449-467.
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K. Kullberg. (2012) From Glass Escalator to Glass Travelator: On the Proportion of Men in Managerial Positions in Social Work in Sweden. British Journal of Social Work 43:8, pages 1492-1509.
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Johanna Kallio, Helena Blomberg & Christian Kroll. (2012) Social workers' attitudes towards the unemployed in the Nordic countries. International Journal of Social Welfare 22:2, pages 219-229.
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U. Melin Emilsson. (2011) The Role of Social Work in Cross-Professional Teamwork: Examples from an Older People's Team in England. British Journal of Social Work 43:1, pages 116-134.
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Clive Sellick. (2011) Privatising Foster Care: The UK Experience within an International Context. Social Policy & Administration 45:7, pages 788-805.
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A. Guy. (2011) Vocational Choice and Attitudes toward Welfare Policy. British Journal of Social Work 41:7, pages 1321-1339.
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Roni Strier. (2018) Client and Worker Perceptions of Poverty: Implications for Practice and Research. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 89:3, pages 466-475.
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