Maria Heimer
Biographic Data
| ID | 366091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Heimer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Heimer |
| SIGNATURE | HEIMER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7219-0187 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Discretion and Strategies for Investigating Child Abuse: Social Workers’ Conceptions of Child Abuse Investigations and Police Reporting
Understanding the capacity of child welfare (CW) organisations to deal with child abuse is complex, and dependent on the specific CW context. Sweden occupies a unique position in trying to balance high demands for CW and protection with a strong family support focus, which carries a risk of overlooking children who need protection. Drawing on an understanding of social service organisations as street-level bureaucracies, this article explores dis…
The unfinished democratisation of family service systems: Parental consent and children’s viewpoints on receiving support in child and family welfare in Sweden
This article addresses the predicament of family service systems being built on parents' voluntary participation and the need for parental consent, which may block children's right to services. It examines parental consent and the impact of parental non-consent for children's opportunities to receive protection and support in Swedish child and family welfare. We analysed 264 child assessments randomly selected from 12 municipalities in Sweden in …
A Taxonomy of Child Policies: Conceptualizing the Missing Step in Defamilization of Social Policy
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has created momentum for the notion of child policy to be advanced. The article elaborates a taxonomy of child policies for analyzing policy instruments aimed at promoting various aspects of children’s welfare, and four different types of child policies are identified. The article explores the feasibility of this conceptual framework with a case study of Sweden. We frame the move toward child-centered …
Vulnerable children's rights to participation, protection, and provision: The process of defining the problem in Swedish child and family welfare
This study addresses the relationship between children's participation and the protection and provision offered to them by social services in Sweden. It applies a theoretical framework for analysing child welfare that is anchored in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. How child participation may affect child protection and provision is examined empirically using case documentation from 2 municipalities. The main finding is t…
Equal Parenting when Families Break Apart: Alternating Residence and the Best Interests of the Child in S weden
Shared, or alternating, residence for children when their parents separate is increasingly common. S weden adopted a new policy in 1998 (modified in 2006) which gave courts the mandate to order 50/50 alternating residence against the will of one parent. Since then, the 50/50 alternating residence has become the legal norm in S weden in cases of disputed custody. In this article, we ask how S wedish policymakers reasoned in relation to the potenti…
Rethinking Child Policy Post-UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Vulnerable Children's Welfare in Sweden
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) formulates the rights of children in terms of provision, protection and participation. CRC implies a multi-dimensional view of children's welfare, including agency. This enables us to rethink the way we research and design policies aimed at promoting child welfare. In the past, Sweden has been seen as a forerunner when it comes to children's rights. However, the weak imprint of CRC on Swedish leg…
Doing Fieldwork in China
Doing fieldwork inside the PRC is an eye-opening but sometimes also deeply frustrating experience. Fieldwork-based studies form the foundation for our understanding of Chinese politics and society
Vulnerable children's rights to participation, protection, and provision: The process of defining the problem in Swedish child and family welfare
This study addresses the relationship between children's participation and the protection and provision offered to them by social services in Sweden. It applies a theoretical framework for analysing child welfare that is anchored in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. How child participation may affect child protection and provision is examined empirically using case documentation from 2 municipalities. The main finding is t…
Rethinking Child Policy Post-UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Vulnerable Children's Welfare in Sweden
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) formulates the rights of children in terms of provision, protection and participation. CRC implies a multi-dimensional view of children's welfare, including agency. This enables us to rethink the way we research and design policies aimed at promoting child welfare. In the past, Sweden has been seen as a forerunner when it comes to children's rights. However, the weak imprint of CRC on Swedish leg…
The unfinished democratisation of family service systems: Parental consent and children’s viewpoints on receiving support in child and family welfare in Sweden
This article addresses the predicament of family service systems being built on parents' voluntary participation and the need for parental consent, which may block children's right to services. It examines parental consent and the impact of parental non-consent for children's opportunities to receive protection and support in Swedish child and family welfare. We analysed 264 child assessments randomly selected from 12 municipalities in Sweden in …
A Taxonomy of Child Policies: Conceptualizing the Missing Step in Defamilization of Social Policy
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has created momentum for the notion of child policy to be advanced. The article elaborates a taxonomy of child policies for analyzing policy instruments aimed at promoting various aspects of children’s welfare, and four different types of child policies are identified. The article explores the feasibility of this conceptual framework with a case study of Sweden. We frame the move toward child-centered …
Equal Parenting when Families Break Apart: Alternating Residence and the Best Interests of the Child in S weden
Shared, or alternating, residence for children when their parents separate is increasingly common. S weden adopted a new policy in 1998 (modified in 2006) which gave courts the mandate to order 50/50 alternating residence against the will of one parent. Since then, the 50/50 alternating residence has become the legal norm in S weden in cases of disputed custody. In this article, we ask how S wedish policymakers reasoned in relation to the potenti…
Doing Fieldwork in China
Doing fieldwork inside the PRC is an eye-opening but sometimes also deeply frustrating experience. Fieldwork-based studies form the foundation for our understanding of Chinese politics and society
Equal Parenting when Families Break Apart: Alternating Residence and the Best Interests of the Child in S weden
Shared, or alternating, residence for children when their parents separate is increasingly common. S weden adopted a new policy in 1998 (modified in 2006) which gave courts the mandate to order 50/50 alternating residence against the will of one parent. Since then, the 50/50 alternating residence has become the legal norm in S weden in cases of disputed custody. In this article, we ask how S wedish policymakers reasoned in relation to the potenti…
Rethinking Child Policy Post-UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Vulnerable Children's Welfare in Sweden
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) formulates the rights of children in terms of provision, protection and participation. CRC implies a multi-dimensional view of children's welfare, including agency. This enables us to rethink the way we research and design policies aimed at promoting child welfare. In the past, Sweden has been seen as a forerunner when it comes to children's rights. However, the weak imprint of CRC on Swedish leg…
Vulnerable children's rights to participation, protection, and provision: The process of defining the problem in Swedish child and family welfare
This study addresses the relationship between children's participation and the protection and provision offered to them by social services in Sweden. It applies a theoretical framework for analysing child welfare that is anchored in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. How child participation may affect child protection and provision is examined empirically using case documentation from 2 municipalities. The main finding is t…
A Taxonomy of Child Policies: Conceptualizing the Missing Step in Defamilization of Social Policy
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has created momentum for the notion of child policy to be advanced. The article elaborates a taxonomy of child policies for analyzing policy instruments aimed at promoting various aspects of children’s welfare, and four different types of child policies are identified. The article explores the feasibility of this conceptual framework with a case study of Sweden. We frame the move toward child-centered …
The unfinished democratisation of family service systems: Parental consent and children’s viewpoints on receiving support in child and family welfare in Sweden
This article addresses the predicament of family service systems being built on parents' voluntary participation and the need for parental consent, which may block children's right to services. It examines parental consent and the impact of parental non-consent for children's opportunities to receive protection and support in Swedish child and family welfare. We analysed 264 child assessments randomly selected from 12 municipalities in Sweden in …
Discretion and Strategies for Investigating Child Abuse: Social Workers’ Conceptions of Child Abuse Investigations and Police Reporting
Understanding the capacity of child welfare (CW) organisations to deal with child abuse is complex, and dependent on the specific CW context. Sweden occupies a unique position in trying to balance high demands for CW and protection with a strong family support focus, which carries a risk of overlooking children who need protection. Drawing on an understanding of social service organisations as street-level bureaucracies, this article explores dis…
Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Welfare (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Child protection (3 works) · Convention on the Rights of the Child (3 works)