The official rhetoric of welfare states unconditionally pays tribute to older people's right to express dissatisfaction. In practice, users of older services in welfare states may be deprived of their "exit" options and face considerable constraints when it comes to raising their "voices." For example, when older people in nursing homes would like to lodge a complaint, they may well be referred to the very staff members they depend on in their everyday lives. This article analyzes a national case study in which these contradictory tendencies are especially explicit: formal influence channels for older people in Sweden. Using data from structured interviews with 100 representatives of Swedish municipalities and drawing on Hirschman's (1970) theory on exit and voice, the article analyzes obstacles to older service users' influence in Sweden and develops explanations for these obstacles in terms of social contexts.
När de första åren i grundskolan är avklarade och nästa steg ska tas är det mycket som är nytt: ny lärare, nya klasskamrater och kanske en ny skola. Dessutom ökar svårighetsgraden i de olika ämnena. Lärarna vid Rimforsa skola i Östergötland har i ett skolutvecklingsprojekt inom ramen för den statliga satsningen på Utveckling, Lärande Forskning (ULF) arbetat med att försöka överbrygga glappet mellan årskurs 3 och 4 i ämnet engelska.
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