Toon Benoot
Biographic Data
| ID | 4443544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Toon Benoot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Toon |
| FAMILY NAME | Benoot |
| SIGNATURE | BENOOT T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6081-6840 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Creating a space for human flourishing
status: Published online
Planning the Journey to Adulthood
Emerging adulthood presents unique challenges, especially for young people leaving youth care (YLC). Transitioning from a protective care setting to independent living can be overwhelming. Although YLC have uncertain feelings about their future, they also aspire to take further steps in life. Prior research emphasizes the importance of positive future expectations and goal planning to foster a sense of stability after leaving care. It is for thes…
Thinking with ‘the Utopian’ in the de-institutionalisation debate
European welfare states’ recent de-institutionalisation efforts brought fundamental change to care and support practices for people with intellectual disabilities and improved the living conditions of many. However, de-institutionalisation policies mainly emphasise autonomy as independence and focus on transitioning away from residential care facilities as the alternative to historic government interventions that have institutionalised people. Th…
Institutional pedagogy and the transformation of residential care for, and with, disabled citizens
In this article, we build upon a historical and critical analysis of de-institutionalisation strategies, representing a fundamental shift in disability policy and practice starting in the 1960's. We state that de-institutionalisation has commonly been interpreted and translated as a vital 'transition' - referring to the dismantling of residential care and institutions - in rights discourse, policy, and (self-) advocacy. Whereas de-institutionalis…
Survival strategies at the edge of the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
Inspired by the conceptual frame of the capacity to aspire, this study explores how public administrative officers can make formal resources available and accessible for ger residents while recognizing the "capacity to aspire" among migrant ger residents in the Tahilt area of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. We argue that building people's capacity to aspire, consisting of (1) internal efforts to (2) consensus building, resulting in (3) practices of voice …
Aspirations of People With Intellectual Disabilities Living in a Care Organization
This article presents the results of a research project involving 10 people with intellectual disabilities concerning their idea of “a good life” in a residential care setting, within a context of personal budgets. We introduce the capability approach as a framework for focusing on the opportunities personal budgets offer for people with intellectual disabilities. We make use of qualitative interviews following a photovoice project in which peopl…
Choice and opportunity on the welfare care market
Individual funding schemes are increasingly implemented to organize public welfare services and can be considered as a prime example of the marketization of social care. Clients receive a budget and can “shop” on the welfare market. Current knowledge about the impact of individual funding schemes on choice opportunities for people with an intellectual disability is inconclusive. We conducted a vignette experiment in the context of the Flemish (Be…
Personal budgets and the pedagogical project of care institutions in Flanders
The care for disabled people in Flanders is currently undergoing a major social policy reform under the introduction of a personal budget scheme. Disability services in Flanders are explicitly expected to develop a demand-driven provision of care services. This transition stems from the urge for autonomy and self-determination of disabled people and is aimed to deinstitutionalise the care for people with disabilities. The central question address…
Lessons from Ricoeur’s ‘capable human being’ for practices of personalisation in three European countries
Personal budget schemes for people with disabilities are imbued with a conception of autonomous and rational individuals. The policy objective to enlarge people’s opportunities conflicts with the presumed capacity of cognitive rationality. We present an analysis of 15 social work professionals’ reflections on the practical implementation of three personal budget policies. Through a conceptualisation of ‘a capable human being’, we deepen our under…
Lessons from Ricoeur’s ‘capable human being’ for practices of personalisation in three European countries
Personal budget schemes for people with disabilities are imbued with a conception of autonomous and rational individuals. The policy objective to enlarge people’s opportunities conflicts with the presumed capacity of cognitive rationality. We present an analysis of 15 social work professionals’ reflections on the practical implementation of three personal budget policies. Through a conceptualisation of ‘a capable human being’, we deepen our under…
Thinking with ‘the Utopian’ in the de-institutionalisation debate
European welfare states’ recent de-institutionalisation efforts brought fundamental change to care and support practices for people with intellectual disabilities and improved the living conditions of many. However, de-institutionalisation policies mainly emphasise autonomy as independence and focus on transitioning away from residential care facilities as the alternative to historic government interventions that have institutionalised people. Th…
Personal budgets and the pedagogical project of care institutions in Flanders
The care for disabled people in Flanders is currently undergoing a major social policy reform under the introduction of a personal budget scheme. Disability services in Flanders are explicitly expected to develop a demand-driven provision of care services. This transition stems from the urge for autonomy and self-determination of disabled people and is aimed to deinstitutionalise the care for people with disabilities. The central question address…
Lessons from Ricoeur’s ‘capable human being’ for practices of personalisation in three European countries
Personal budget schemes for people with disabilities are imbued with a conception of autonomous and rational individuals. The policy objective to enlarge people’s opportunities conflicts with the presumed capacity of cognitive rationality. We present an analysis of 15 social work professionals’ reflections on the practical implementation of three personal budget policies. Through a conceptualisation of ‘a capable human being’, we deepen our under…
Choice and opportunity on the welfare care market
Individual funding schemes are increasingly implemented to organize public welfare services and can be considered as a prime example of the marketization of social care. Clients receive a budget and can “shop” on the welfare market. Current knowledge about the impact of individual funding schemes on choice opportunities for people with an intellectual disability is inconclusive. We conducted a vignette experiment in the context of the Flemish (Be…
Aspirations of People With Intellectual Disabilities Living in a Care Organization
This article presents the results of a research project involving 10 people with intellectual disabilities concerning their idea of “a good life” in a residential care setting, within a context of personal budgets. We introduce the capability approach as a framework for focusing on the opportunities personal budgets offer for people with intellectual disabilities. We make use of qualitative interviews following a photovoice project in which peopl…
Institutional pedagogy and the transformation of residential care for, and with, disabled citizens
In this article, we build upon a historical and critical analysis of de-institutionalisation strategies, representing a fundamental shift in disability policy and practice starting in the 1960's. We state that de-institutionalisation has commonly been interpreted and translated as a vital 'transition' - referring to the dismantling of residential care and institutions - in rights discourse, policy, and (self-) advocacy. Whereas de-institutionalis…
Survival strategies at the edge of the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
Inspired by the conceptual frame of the capacity to aspire, this study explores how public administrative officers can make formal resources available and accessible for ger residents while recognizing the "capacity to aspire" among migrant ger residents in the Tahilt area of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. We argue that building people's capacity to aspire, consisting of (1) internal efforts to (2) consensus building, resulting in (3) practices of voice …
Creating a space for human flourishing
status: Published online
Planning the Journey to Adulthood
Emerging adulthood presents unique challenges, especially for young people leaving youth care (YLC). Transitioning from a protective care setting to independent living can be overwhelming. Although YLC have uncertain feelings about their future, they also aspire to take further steps in life. Prior research emphasizes the importance of positive future expectations and goal planning to foster a sense of stability after leaving care. It is for thes…
Thinking with ‘the Utopian’ in the de-institutionalisation debate
European welfare states’ recent de-institutionalisation efforts brought fundamental change to care and support practices for people with intellectual disabilities and improved the living conditions of many. However, de-institutionalisation policies mainly emphasise autonomy as independence and focus on transitioning away from residential care facilities as the alternative to historic government interventions that have institutionalised people. Th…
Healthcare innovation and challenges (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works) · Flemish (3 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)