Towards active citizenship and caring democracy? User participation in Norwegian long-term care

Karen Christensen; Jan Andersen; Ole Petter Askheim; Mariya Bikova

doi:10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000038

Towards active citizenship and caring democracy? User participation in Norwegian long-term care

Karen Christensen
, Jan Andersen
, Ole Petter Askheim
, Mariya Bikova

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Abstract

The conceptualisation of a caring democracy provides strong arguments against neoliberal welfare states. However, there is currently a knowledge gap regarding how non-market-oriented welfare states are striving to reach their intention of a caring democracy. Based on a qualitative study, this article uses the case of Norwegian long-term care services for older people to provide insight into
how this intention is practised in everyday care service settings when the current development is about active citizenship. The findings show ethical dilemmas for care managers and healthcare professionals, positioned on the front line of combining the creation of active citizens with the democratisation of services.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Care and Caring
Volume	9
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	80-95
Number of pages	16
ISSN	2397-8821
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000038
Publication status	Published - Feb 2025

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgements
We thank the study’s participants, the researchers who helped us collect the data, especially Synnøve Fluge, and the two reviewers for comments improving the discussion.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Active citizenship
Caring democracy
Long-term care
User participation

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