Sozialstaat und soziale Dienste

Dahme, Heinz-Jürgen; Wohlfahrt, Norbert

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-06340-5_1

Cited by 9 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 1 publication

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…These associations act under public law defined at federal and state level with the support of public funding. The welfare associations are guided by different normative understandings and traditions and have also been referred to as ‘world-view associations’ ( Weltanschauungsverbände ) (Dahme and Wohlfahrt, 2013: 131).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Likewise, NPOs have often been pivotal to the realisation of formal social rights as defined by states, taking a crucial role in ‘mobilising’ laws that have direct or indirect bearing on rights – which is to say that they routinely act as intermediaries between individuals and the state, thereby ‘giving force’ to legal social rights (O’Brien, 2012). In so doing, NPOs typically represent the interests of those who lack political representation or the resources to challenge the status quo themselves (Dahme and Wohlfahrt, 2013: 130).…”

Section: Non-profit Organisations As Social Rights Intermediaries Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Non-for-Profits and EU Citizens’ Cross-Border Social Rights in Different Welfare States

Bruzelius

2019

J. Soc. Pol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper looks at rights in practice to understand how migrant EU citizens’ formal social rights translate into substantive ones. It highlights a factor thus far overlooked in the literature on welfare states and migrants’ social rights: namely, the actors involved in welfare delivery. The argument is based, first, on non-profit organisations’ (NPOs) function as ‘rights intermediaries’; and second, on the distinct make-up of the ‘welfare mix’ across countries, with which NPO’s role in the provision of services, and hence their capacities and autonomy, varies. Focusing on EU citizens’ cross-border social rights, and drawing on in-depth research in Germany and Sweden, the paper reveals how NPOs defend and facilitate access to rights in both countries. Yet NPOs’ extensive role in the German welfare sector generates greater capacities for NPOs to pursue inclusive objectives than what is available to their Swedish counterparts, which occupy a much more limited position as welfare providers. This, it is argued, can be important for understanding how boundaries of social citizenship are drawn in each country.

show abstract

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Non-profit Organisations As Social Rights Intermediaries Andmentioning

confidence: 99%