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Social service professionals in Finland under the pressures of a depressed economy and European integration
Author(s) -
Satka M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 0907-2055
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2397.1993.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - recession , welfare , social welfare , order (exchange) , service (business) , welfare state , social economy , political science , depression (economics) , economy , business , economics , economic policy , market economy , law , finance , politics , keynesian economics , macroeconomics
The Nordic welfare states are known as women‐friendly. However, during the last years their policies have been to turn the back on women. At least in Finland there seem to exist two powerful forces that have advanced the non‐egalitarian development: the economic recession of the 1990s and the integration of Europe. The decline of the Nordic welfare states is going to have considerable consequences for social service professionals, the great majority of whom are women. Therefore, they should create new strategies and find new allies in order to defend their own as well their clients rights.