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The neoliberal turn and the marketization of care: the transformation of eldercare in Sweden
Umeå universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för socialt arbete.ORCID-id: 0000-0003-1456-1207
Umeå universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS). Umeå universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Sociologiska institutionen.ORCID-id: 0000-0001-8912-0858
2015 (engelsk)Inngår i: The European Journal of Women's Studies, ISSN 1350-5068, E-ISSN 1461-7420, Vol. 22, nr 3, s. 274-287Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
Abstract [en]

The care for older and disabled people has been described as a core area of the Nordic model. The Nordic countries’ welfare model has also been described as women friendly, as women are not forced to make harder choices than men between work and family. The Swedish eldercare system has, during the last several decades, undergone significant changes. Previously, eldercare could be described as universal, meaning a publicly provided, comprehensive, high-quality service available to all citizens according to need and not based on the ability to pay. In later years transformation of eldercare has been influenced by neoliberal politics, which emphasize economic efficiency and cost reduction through competition. Eldercare has become a more diverse multidimensional system, and a private market for home-based eldercare has been created. The numbers of eldercare providers have increased considerably, and new ways of organizing eldercare have been established. In January 2009, the Act on System of Choice in the Public Sector was introduced (in Swedish: Lagen om valfrihetssystem [LOV]). The Act was supposed to provide an opportunity for interested municipalities and county councils to expose their publicly provided services to market competition, and to enable users to choose their providers. This article aims to illustrate how neoliberal reasoning dominated the policy process leading to adoption of the Act on System of Choice in the Public Sector. With the use of a discursive policy analysis the authors specifically explore how neoliberal logic dominated, and also how choice and equality were understood and interpreted in the policy process. They conclude that the neoliberal turn in eldercare claiming to centre on the individual choice of persons in need of care runs the risk of creating unequal care that decentres the eldercare worker and creates precarious work situations.

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Sage Publications, 2015. Vol. 22, nr 3, s. 274-287
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choice, eldercare, equality, gender, neoliberalism, Sweden, welfare state
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-91697DOI: 10.1177/1350506814544912ISI: 000358526400002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84938871816OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-91697DiVA, id: diva2:737771
Tilgjengelig fra: 2014-08-14 Laget: 2014-08-14 Sist oppdatert: 2023-03-24bibliografisk kontrollert

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