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Power and welfare

Mik-Meyer, Nanna.

Power and welfare understanding citizens' encounters with state welfare / [electronic resource] : Nanna Mik-Meyer and Kaspar Villadsen. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013. - xi, 162 p. - Routledge advances in health and social policy . - Routledge advances in health and social policy. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-155) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Foucault : the flexible critique of welfare -- 3. Goffman : interaction and identity negotiations -- 4. Bourdieu : field, symbolic violence and domination -- 5. Luhmann : welfare in communicative systems -- 6. Neo-institutional theory : myths and legitimacy -- 7. Risk theory : normality, deviation and neo-liberalism -- 8. Integrating the approaches.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203113370 (e-book : PDF)


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