Description:
As the first book to comparatively explore the role of neoliberal reforms on social work and social policy across Scandinavia, it demonstrates that the traditional image of Scandinavian welfare states as the bastions of an unchangeable social democratic society, ideology and tradition is no longer relevant.
Review Quotes:
"The book stresses that we, as social work scholars and educators, cannot remain neutral and accepting of the changes that the 'neoliberal turn' has heralded. Indeed, it is crucial that what has become more or less normalised in social work today in the Nordic countries - in practice, policy and discourse - is put in a histori-cal and ideological perspective. Driven by this central argument, the book is a vitally important contribution to social work research and debate."
Stina Fernqvist, Uppsala University, Sweden
For all of us living under the full weight and power of the ideological hegemony of neoliberal capitalism and NPM, and their demoralising and deleterious consequences, this is a must-read book!
Vishanthie Sewpaul: Critical and Radical Social Work: 7:3 2019.