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Voluntary organisations in a strong welfare state
— a study of support for relatives of older people in Sweden | | Author(s) | Lena Dahlberg |
| Journal title | Generations Review, vol 13, no 4, October 2003 |
| Pages | pp 4-8 |
| Keywords | Services ; Voluntary agencies ; Local Authority ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Welfare systems are often assumed to set the conditions for voluntary activity. Accordingly, countries with a strong welfare state are believed to have no or limited voluntary activity. The study described in this paper throws light on service provision by voluntary organisations in Sweden, and raises the question as to whether an active state can encourage voluntary activity. During the period 1999-2001, the Swedish state tried to stimulate the development of support for relatives of older people by local authorities and voluntary organisations, and co-operation between these actors. The results of questionnaire surveys in 1999 and 2002 show that activities to support older people's relatives are common among voluntary organisations, and that there was an increase in support activities across the period 1999-2002. In other words, the state and local authorities have the potential to encourage voluntary work. The study also reveals a process of equalisation in the same period of the level of voluntary activity in smaller (rural) and larger (urban) municipalities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031027501 A |
| Classmark | I: PK: PE: QK6: 3J: 76P |
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