Markedsliberalistiske forskyvninger i det psykiske helsefeltet - om forholdet mellom politisk
styring og faglig disiplinering
Engelsk titel: Neo-liberal shifts in the mental health field - about the relationship between political control and
professional discipline
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Författare:
Karlsson, Bengt
Email: bengt.karlsson@hbv.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 26
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16023092
Sammanfattning
ince 1998, there has been several extensive reforms in the mental health field in Norway. The
reforms have changed the basic politics and conditions for the development of the field and set out a
new framework for the different actors' participation. There are tensions in the development of the
field with different strategies focusing on demands for change and better quality in the services. The
reforms highlights different aspects of leadership and management through control, power and
knowledge, discipline and self-discipline. The change of services also require ways to change the
professionals and the citizens' different identities. The ways they collaborate and relate to one
another are being standardized and often experienced as depersonalized. Meanwhile, both the
service users and the professionals are involved in the governance and thus have a decisive
influence on the success of the changes. This is a disciplinarian of the professionals into practices
based in neoliberal thinking rather than based in professionals' knowledge from experience and
practice. Many professionals experience their autonomy as reduced and threatened. They are being
forced into a certain ways of organizing and practicing their work.