Responsibilisation, social work and inclusive social security in Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12606408 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suvi Raitakari (0000-0003-1485-865X, University of Tampere, corresponding author), Kirsi Juhila (0000-0002-5244-3669, University of Tampere), Jenni‐mari Räsänen (0000-0002-9616-3044, Tampere University), Jenni-Mari Räsänen (University of Tampere) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 264-276 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1457 • E-ISSN: 1468-2664 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691457.2018.1529660 |
| OpenAlex | W2898054514 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 27 |
In this article responsibilisation in social work is studied by analysing two Finnish state-level policy documents (called final report and research report) which concern a current activation initiative called inclusive social security (ISS). It is asked how social workers and clients are constructed as responsible subjects in these documents. Responsibilisation refers to the advanced liberal mode of governmentality, which aims to strengthen citizens’ abilities to self-governance through various techniques that include the intertwined elements of surveillance and empowerment. It is demonstrated that the policy documents construct the social workers’ and the clients’ responsibilities partly in different ways. The final report leads activation to be based on shared responsibility and social work to be more community-based, whereas the research report strengthens more individual-based responsibility of clients and social workers. For the clients, the interpretation of ISS based on shared responsibility would probably be less stigmatising and paternalistic than the one based on individual responsibilities, i.e. approaching long-term unemployed citizens as being personally ‘at risk’ and thus a justified target group of individualised techniques for activation. For social workers and clients, future activation appears to be a wide mix of different techniques, moral expectations and possible ways of being a responsible subject
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |