Agents of the Welfare State: How Caseworkers Respond to Need in the United States, Germany, and Sweden

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Book Overview: Responding to Need in Diverse State Settings....Pages 1-18
Linking Welfare Caseworker Decision Making to State Institutions....Pages 19-36
Welfare Caseworkers in California, the United States: Eligibility Technicians and the Regulation of Desert....Pages 37-55
Welfare Caseworkers in Bremen, Germany: Entitlement Scholars in a Highly Regulated State....Pages 57-80
Welfare Caseworkers in Malmö, Sweden: Social Workers and the Consultation Culture....Pages 81-103
Welfare-to-Work Caseworkers in California, the United States: Institutionalizing the Search for Employment....Pages 105-125
Welfare-to-Work Caseworkers in Bremen, Germany: Resource Brokering into Vocational Training and the Secondary Labor Market....Pages 127-149
Welfare-to-Work Caseworkers in Malmö, Sweden:The Emergence of Individualized Employment Services in Municipal Activation Agencies....Pages 151-178
Comparing Welfare Administration in the Three Worlds of Social Welfare....Pages 179-197
Back Matter....Pages 199-246