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This book is about power in welfare encounters. Present-day citizens are no longer the passive clients of the bureaucracy and welfare workers are no longer auto

When the state punishes criminals or removes children at risk, its power is immediately apparent. However, power is also at stake when the state seeks to educat

On the ground floor of government, citizens interact with teachers, medical staff, police officers and other professionals in public service. It is during these

Welfare Work with Immigrants and Refugees in a Social Democratic Welfare State provides an ambiguous yet disturbing portrait of the inner workings of the Danish

Welfare offices usually attract negative descriptions of bureaucracy with their queues, routines, and impersonal nature. Are they anonymous machines or the locu