New Public Management (NPM) is usually perceived as a homogeneous discourse.
However, when we examine it by looking at micro-politics in municipalities and understand …

The professional terms for occupations that provide welfare services are changing, and here
the introduction of new public management in the Nordic countries since the 1990s is …

It seems an impossible task to write critically and reflexively about the contemporary status of
research on neo-liberalism. This can be blamed on both the broad, elusive usage of neo …

This article explores how a nationwide reform initiative, calling for a rehabilitative, activating
and 'training'approach to elderly people in Danish homecare services, may transform …

In Denmark, human trafficking has emerged as a central issue within the policy field of
prostitution during the last decade. Taking a Foucauldian approach from a historical …

The article argues from a Nordic, feminist and poststructuralist position that feminist state
theories need to be developed methodologically. This claim is based on both theoretical …

Hjemmeplejen i de nordiske lande har gennem mange år været genstand for
reformprogrammer og reorganiseringer. Det nyeste tiltag er i disse år indførelsen af …

Healthy and active ageing has become an ideal in W estern societies. In the N ordic
countries, this ideal has been supported through a policy of help to self‐help in elder care …

The industrial relations tradition values empirical analysis and research usable for policy
making. Considerations about epistemology and ontology and their consequences for the …

The aim of this study is to describe and analyse three different discourses on elderly care, as
they emerge in statements from care staff and research. Each discourse centres on a sign, or …