Prevention at the Front Line: How home nurses, pedagogues, and teachers transform public worry into decisions on special efforts

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, an...

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Published in:Public management review 2014-05, Vol.16 (4), p.447-480
Main Authors: Harrits, Gitte Sommer, Møller, Marie Østergaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Citizens
Decision
Denmark
discretion
Home Nursing
Knowledge
Nurses
Prevention
Prevention programs
preventive policy
Problem solving
Public policy
Public welfare
Social policy
Street-level bureaucracy
Studies
Teachers
Welfare
Welfare State
Workers
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1471-9037
1471-9045
DOI:10.1080/14719037.2013.841980