Sakta i backarna!: en åktur i Skåne och Småland på Barnkonventionens implementeringsväg
(2001)School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Sweden has a tradition of a strong social legislation regarding child protection. However at the ratification of the Convention on the rights of the Child of 1990 there surfaced a need for certain alterations in the Swedish social legislation. A decade later the BO (Children's ombudsman) felt that the change took place too slowly and also that the Convention was still virtually unknown to the multitude. It was generally regarded as a document with fine words and excellent declarations without realistic content. By posing the questions "Who does what?", "What possibilities exist?" and "What are the obstacles?", the writer attempts to identify and explain the reasons for this. The result of this investigation points out the importance of... (More)
- Sweden has a tradition of a strong social legislation regarding child protection. However at the ratification of the Convention on the rights of the Child of 1990 there surfaced a need for certain alterations in the Swedish social legislation. A decade later the BO (Children's ombudsman) felt that the change took place too slowly and also that the Convention was still virtually unknown to the multitude. It was generally regarded as a document with fine words and excellent declarations without realistic content. By posing the questions "Who does what?", "What possibilities exist?" and "What are the obstacles?", the writer attempts to identify and explain the reasons for this. The result of this investigation points out the importance of leadership, knowledge and the time factor. I am thereby attempting to increase the realization that the implementation of the Child Convention in reality is a continuous work of social change. This is a qualitative investigation with an interpretative exposition based on the interviews, primarily with representatives from the local governments and also, to some extent, with persons from other social authorities. (Less)
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- author
- Thuresson, Harald
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2001
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1359282
- date added to LUP
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
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abstract = {{Sweden has a tradition of a strong social legislation regarding child protection. However at the ratification of the Convention on the rights of the Child of 1990 there surfaced a need for certain alterations in the Swedish social legislation. A decade later the BO (Children's ombudsman) felt that the change took place too slowly and also that the Convention was still virtually unknown to the multitude. It was generally regarded as a document with fine words and excellent declarations without realistic content. By posing the questions "Who does what?", "What possibilities exist?" and "What are the obstacles?", the writer attempts to identify and explain the reasons for this. The result of this investigation points out the importance of leadership, knowledge and the time factor. I am thereby attempting to increase the realization that the implementation of the Child Convention in reality is a continuous work of social change. This is a qualitative investigation with an interpretative exposition based on the interviews, primarily with representatives from the local governments and also, to some extent, with persons from other social authorities.}},
author = {{Thuresson, Harald}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Sakta i backarna!: en åktur i Skåne och Småland på Barnkonventionens implementeringsväg}},
year = {{2001}},
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