Overview
Provides an updated, theoretically founded, practical tool for all professionals in welfare work
Compiles complex theoretical discussions into a distinctive, transparent resource for researchers and students
Offers an analysis of Habermas’ theories of communicative action and the derivation of those insights from other social theorists
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book analyses the legitimacy deficits in democratic welfare work using Habermas’ theories of communicative action, law and morality. Based on their underlying intersubjective perspectives, legitimacy problems can be identified and corrected, e.g. lack of confidence, dignity, respect, broken expectations, ignorance or mistrust of its administration. In modern societies with their many different contexts, a mutual understanding of facts, norms and expressions has become even more important in order to act constructively in daily life. These needs have increased the tension between the individual and the system, which becomes especially evident when globalised and individualised service users ask for welfare services. Therefore, professionals must develop an ability to understand how these legitimacy problems arise and how they can be dealt with democratically. This book responds to these needs, and will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners working across democratic welfare, social policy, social work, and sociology.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Anita Kihlström, now retired, was a Social Worker and Associate Professor at the Department of Social Work, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Communicative Legitimacy
Book Subtitle: Habermas and Democratic Welfare Work
Authors: Anita Kihlström
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54949-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54948-0Published: 03 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-54949-7Published: 02 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 94
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Theory, Political Science, Social Policy