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Die Verfasser diskutieren die Option gemeinsamer Standards für die Sozialarbeiterausbildung in den nordischen Ländern. Diese Option wird unter Berücksichtigung der Ausbildungstrends in den Ländern der Region diskutiert. Als Ausgangspunkt für eine Vereinheitlichung der Sozialarbeiterausbildung wird das Integrierte Feldmodell genannt. Dieses Modell berücksichtigt die Feldcharakteristika in Dänemark und Norwegen und den aktuellen Trend zu einer eher forschungsbasierten Ausbildung sowie die Verhältnisse in Finnland, Island und Schweden. Abschließend werden internationale Anforderungen an Vergleichbarkeit und Kompatibilität angesprochen. (ICEÜbers)

In the 1990s a contraction in state welfare in Sweden has been on its way and still seems to be so by joining forces. With focus on understanding the dynamics involved in the contractionprocess this paper aims to discuss the transition of welfare state commitment in Sweden. On the general level it should be seen as an attempt to adress the enigmatic and puzzeling questions of: How to explain change in social policy? How to understand local differences in the scope and directions of welfare programs? Over the 1990s we have been witnessing a more sceptical attitude towards the provision of state welfare. It has been argued that state welfare surpresses free choice and that budget deficits and tax burdens have become obstacles to extensive public committments. Closely linked to this (neo-liberal) thinking is the incentive-driven approach to the problems of public welfare, grounded in neo-classical economic theory. Focusing on individual behavior in terms of scrounging, dependancy, lack of responsibility and praise of market-solutions, the new discourse has replaced the traditional socialdemocratic rethorics of autonomy, redistribution and equality. The effect of this new focus is seen both in the general shifts of policy and in research. However, in this paper we will take on another aspect of the transition of welfare state commitment. The contraction process and the understanding of its dynamics, will lead on to the arena of local priorities and adjustments. The empirical data referred to are primarely data from ongoing research of local and organizational processes of adjustment and priority setting in the area of elderly care in Sweden in the 1990s (Blomberg, Edebalk och Petersson 2000). Basically it is a comparative study of a strategic selection of eight Swedish municipalities. Four of them characterized by extensive reorganization i.e. change in user patterns of home help services and the other four, constituting a reference group, without such changes. The approach is largely retrospective, concerning the years 1992-2000. Interviews with local politicians, administrators, professionals and representatives of the unions and of the elderly were the main sources of data.

In this working paper are published extensive research reports from field work carried out in Sweden 1989-91 in relation to the Research project on "Firms, State and the Changing Age-Structure". This project was coordinated by Prof. Frieder Naschold at the Wissenschaftszent- rum fur Sozialforschung Berlin (WZB). The fieldwork was done at a critical point in time. Shortly after the fieldwork was concluded, Sweden was "surprised" by a sudden political and economic change. Economically Sweden witnessed a decreasing GNP per inhabitant for two years. Unemployment grew rapidly from late 1991 onwards. The election of 1991 brought a Con­servative-Liberal government to power, with the aim of implementing decisive changes in economic policies. By its timing the fieldwork came to possess a value in its own, showing the Swedish Model at work at a late and advanced stage of its development. Furthermore the fieldwork reports of how personnel policies within firms were shaped by the labour market and social policy goals can be used as benchmarks against which to measure the ongoing changes, especially in relation to the policies directed towards the older workforce. The case histories illustrate how the Swedish Policy regime influences the way the age-structure and early exit dilemmas are handled in real situations. They reveal the deep penetration of the Policy regime (such as the structure of pension systems and sick pay rules) into internal work organization and personnel policy in the Production regimes. But they also show a variety of strategies and outcomes in this setting. The variety can be explained by the interplay of the numerous instruments, rules and co-operating actors that form "packages" unforseen in advance. ; Reports from field research carried out 1989-91 in relation to the research project on "Firms, State and the Changing Age-Structure". (coordinated by Frieder Naschold at the Wissenschaftszentrum fiir Sozialforschung Berlin.) ; "Firms, State and the Changing Age-Structure" (WZB)

Järkestig Berggren U, Blomberg S, Petersson J. Traits of a representative welfare state: the Swedish exampleInt J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 402–411 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare.The care manager reform and the case manager reform are new reforms in the social care services in Sweden, which are evolving during the 2000s. Together they shape the social care services introducing a new way of decision‐making where representatives for the organisation (care manager) and the users (case manager) negotiate. The reforms have been analysed in two studies with results presented in this article. Using the concepts of role, orientation, function and assignments, it is argued that the managers come to the negotiations on rights from different positions that are both conflicting and complementary. They further mediate the development towards a welfare mix, where the market, social networks and users interact to obtain the public welfare provision. Through this negotiated rights model, it is argued that traits of a representative welfare state emerge, with the distinction of moving the focus to the administrative practices and their differences away from political ideologies.