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User participation in the Norwegian Welfare Context: an Analysis of Policy Discourses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2016

OLE PETTER ASKHEIM ,
KAREN CHRISTENSEN ,
SYNNØVE FLUGE  and
INGRID GULDVIK
OLE PETTER ASKHEIM
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Social Work, Lillehammer University College, Box 952, N-2604 Lillehammer email: ole-petter.askheim@hil.no
KAREN CHRISTENSEN
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Box 7802, N-5020 Bergen email: karen.christensen@uib.no
SYNNØVE FLUGE
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Box 7802, N-5020 Bergen email: synnøve.fluge@uib.no
INGRID GULDVIK
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Social Work, Lillehammer University College, Box 952, N-2604 Lillehammer email: ingrid.guldvik@hil.no
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Abstract

This article argues that the social construction of user participation policies includes both differences and similarities regarding three user groups: older people, disabled people and people with mental health problems. The article is based on a historical discourse analysis of national documents in Norway. It points at a democracy/social rights discourse, based on the idea of social citizenship, as a common and historically stable discourse for all three user groups and relates this to the specific characteristics of Norwegian welfare policies. A contrasting consumer discourse, stressing users’ consumer role and related to the impact of New Public Management reforms, is only evident in the case of older people and from the 1990s. A co-production/co-partnering discourse, stressing user/professional-partnership, is evident in the current policies directed at older people and those with mental health problems. Both the consumer and co-production discourse remain marginal in the case of disabled people.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , July 2017 , pp. 583 - 601
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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