Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1061507 | Policy and Society | 2012 | 11 Pages |
This article explores current Norwegian welfare reforms using the example of rehabilitation policy. One distinctive trend is the development of rehabilitation as part of a management system across administrative levels, sectors, as well as at the interface between public and private service provision. Another is the emergence of rehabilitation as a knowledge practice based on diverse disciplines, in addition to the experiences of both service providers and recipients. My research question is: in what ways do policy reforms redefine rehabilitation as a knowledge practice by using management tools? In terms of design, I briefly describe the history of rehabilitation services before addressing how today's welfare reforms redefine the field. I use document analysis and conduct a critical examination of selected political documents. The article concludes that in current rehabilitation practices, professionals, managers and clients are more interwoven than in the past.