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- Carlsson Stylianides, Kristina, et al.
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Durable Homelessness : From Negotiations to Emulation
- 2021
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Ingår i: Social Inclusion. - : Cogitatio. - 2183-2803. ; 9:3, s. 286-295
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent decades, Sweden has seen extensive change in its housing policy, with emphasis shifting from "good housing for all" to marketisation and the supposed benefits of private ownership (Bengtsson, 2013; Grander, 2018). Consequently, Swedish society is now facing increasing homelessness rates, including whole new groups of social service clients due to housing shortages and people's difficulties accessing the housing market. This article examines the complexities emerging from diverging institutional frames and points specifically to a dividing line between those who can access housing independently and those who need support from the social services. The article describes how such a categorical division/dividing line is institutionalised in the organisation of the social services' work with homelessness and points to causes and effects of this situation. The case study is based on interviews and documents. The interviewees are staff from the municipal social services and the municipal public housing company. Our theoretical point of departure is Tilly's (1999) "categorical inequality," using exploitation, opportunity hoarding, emulation, and adaptation to explain how homelessness is (created and) maintained in our case study. The results show the dependency of social services on external actors and demonstrate the problematic consequences both for those referred to social services and for the practical work within them, including a requirement to stringently control clients. The results further show how it is possible for the social services to maintain collaboration with (public) housing companies at the same time as the most vulnerable clients are permanently denied housing.
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- Carlsson Stylianides, Kristina, et al.
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Durable Homelessness: From Negotiations to Emulation
- 2021
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Ingår i: Social Inclusion. - : Cogitatio. - 2183-2803. ; 9:3, s. 286-286
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent decades, Sweden has seen extensive change in its housing policy, with emphasis shifting from “good housing for all” to marketisation and the supposed benefits of private ownership (Bengtsson, 2013; Grander, 2018). Consequently, Swedish society is now facing increasing homelessness rates, including whole new groups of social service clients due to housing shortages and people’s difficulties accessing the housing market. This article examines the complexities emerging from diverging institutional frames and points specifically to a dividing line between those who can access housing independently and those who need support from the social services. The article describes how such a categorical division/dividing line is institutionalised in the organisation of the social services’ work with homelessness and points to causes and effects of this situation. The case study is based on interviews and documents. The interviewees are staff from the municipal social services and the municipal public housing company. Our theoretical point of departure is Tilly’s (1999) “categorical inequality,” using exploitation, opportunity hoarding, emulation, and adaptation to explain how homelessness is (created and) maintained in our case study. The results show the dependency of social services on external actors and demonstrate the problematic consequences both for those referred to social services and for the practical work within them, including a requirement to stringently control clients. The results further show how it is possible for the social services to maintain collaboration with (public) housing companies at the same time as the most vulnerable clients are permanently denied housing.
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- Carlsson Stylianides, Kristina, et al.
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Implementation structures at work. Exploring implementation and de-implementation attempts regarding Housing First and Individual Placement and Support
- 2022
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Ingår i: Social Policy & Administration. - : Wiley. - 1467-9515 .- 0144-5596. ; 56:4, s. 617-631
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research shows that resistance to change might occur in organisations that implement new evidence-based practices (EBP). Formal and informal structures may work to retain traditional interventions, potentially counteracting the implementation process. Little is known about the de-implementation of traditional practices to leave room for and enhance the implementation of EBPs. This study uses implementation structures as a theoretical framework with the aim of analysing implementation and de-implementation factors among Swedish municipalities that provide support to vulnerable clients through the Housing First (HF) or Individual Placement and Support (IPS) interventional programmes. This cross-sectional study is based on a digital survey and collects descriptive and qualitative data from three organisational levels in each responding municipality in Sweden. The descriptive statistics and qualitative texts were analysed using content analysis. The results show the incidence of HF and IPS, if and to what extent the interventions are going to be developed further, and partially, describe the organisational settings of HF and IPS. Organisational factors shown to have a negative impact on the implementation of HF and IPS were identified. The mapping of professional experiences from the intersection between HF or IPS and organisations such as the Swedish Health Insurance Office, the social services, and other similar welfare organisations, indicates that the realisation of HF and IPS requires expanded collaboration, which raises the consideration as to whether it is necessary to de-implement broader frameworks and guidelines in these organisations to provide the prerequisites that enable the implementation of EBPs.
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- Carlsson Stylianides, Kristina, et al.
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Implementation structures at work. Exploring implementation and de-implementation attempts regarding Housing First and Individual Placement and Support
- 2022
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Ingår i: Social Policy & Administration. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0144-5596 .- 1467-9515. ; 56:4, s. 617-631
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research shows that resistance to change might occur in organisations that implement new evidence-based practices (EBP). Formal and informal structures may work to retain traditional interventions, potentially counteracting the implementation process. Little is known about the de-implementation of traditional practices to leave room for and enhance the implementation of EBPs. This study uses implementation structures as a theoretical framework with the aim of analysing implementation and de-implementation factors among Swedish municipalities that provide support to vulnerable clients through the Housing First (HF) or Individual Placement and Support (IPS) interventional programmes. This cross-sectional study is based on a digital survey and collects descriptive and qualitative data from three organisational levels in each responding municipality in Sweden. The descriptive statistics and qualitative texts were analysed using content analysis. The results show the incidence of HF and IPS, if and to what extent the interventions are going to be developed further, and partially, describe the organisational settings of HF and IPS. Organisational factors shown to have a negative impact on the implementation of HF and IPS were identified. The mapping of professional experiences from the intersection between HF or IPS and organisations such as the Swedish Health Insurance Office, the social services, and other similar welfare organisations, indicates that the realisation of HF and IPS requires expanded collaboration, which raises the consideration as to whether it is necessary to de-implement broader frameworks and guidelines in these organisations to provide the prerequisites that enable the implementation of EBPs.
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- Carlsson Stylianides, Kristina
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Reproducing or Counteracting Inequality: Challenges in Social Work with homeless/ness
- 2023
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Social work with homeless/ness in Sweden is usually performed by social services in local municipalities highly dependent on local, non-state actors, especially landlords’ goodwill, to cooperate with social services and support vulnerable peoples’ housing. The social services dependency on such actors is challenging and exploitation by landlords can affect the actual organization of social services as they might incorporate, rather than counteract, inequality. Tilly's “categorical inequality” is used analytically to highlight how social services handle external pressures from landlords in an ongoing process of implementing Housing First (HF). Building on interviews and data collected 2019-2022, results show that negotiations across social services organizational borders are critical for the organization of social work. It shows how inequality may manifest in different organizational layers once incorporated into the social services organization, by example mapping organizational inertia. Inequal categories and the effect of such are reproduced in layers of the organization during an implementation process and counteract the implementation of HF. The hope is that this knowledge will enhance the understanding of organizational inertia as well as work as a backdrop to develop strategies to resist incorporating and reproducing inequality.
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- Carlsson Stylianides, Kristina, et al.
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Vanans makt : Att förstå och hantera risker i människans institutioner
- 2021
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Ingår i: Välfärdens aktörer : Utmaningar för människor, professioner och organisationer - Utmaningar för människor, professioner och organisationer. - : Social Work Press. - 9789178955428 - 9789178955435 ; 2, s. 159-180
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