TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevention at the frontline
T2 - How home nurses, pedagogues, and teachers transform public worry into decisions on special efforts
AU - Harrits, Gitte Sommer
AU - Møller, Marie Østergaard
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Within recent years, Denmark has implemented a number of preventive policies based on the line of reasoning that it is better to prevent than to solve problems. Preventive policies express political intentions aimed at solving core welfare state problems, but policy goals are ambiguous and vague, and policy tools are often poorly specified. Thus, front-line workers (FLWs) are pinpointed as key persons to implement these policies, because they hold a ‘specific knowledge’ about and ‘close acquaintance’ with citizens. In the article, we explore different types of front-line work, implementing preventive policies, and identifying children in need of a special effort.
AB - Within recent years, Denmark has implemented a number of preventive policies based on the line of reasoning that it is better to prevent than to solve problems. Preventive policies express political intentions aimed at solving core welfare state problems, but policy goals are ambiguous and vague, and policy tools are often poorly specified. Thus, front-line workers (FLWs) are pinpointed as key persons to implement these policies, because they hold a ‘specific knowledge’ about and ‘close acquaintance’ with citizens. In the article, we explore different types of front-line work, implementing preventive policies, and identifying children in need of a special effort.
KW - Street-level bureaucracy
KW - discretion
KW - preventive policy
U2 - 10.1080/14719037.2013.841980
DO - 10.1080/14719037.2013.841980
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1471-9037
VL - 16
SP - 447
EP - 480
JO - Public Management Review (Print)
JF - Public Management Review (Print)
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -