{"product_id":"9783032372208","title":"People, Technology and Service Innovation A Nordic Perspective on Public Welfare and Disability","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePeople, Technology and Service Innovation\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Nordic Perspective on Public Welfare and Disability\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHeidi Pedersen | Ingunn Fylkesnes | Jens Ineland\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis open access book examines how technology shapes public, social, health, and welfare services, with a particular focus on the experiences of people with disabilities. Bringing together empirical research and theoretical analysis from across Nordic welfare contexts, it investigates the sociotechnical relationships that influence care practices, service delivery, and everyday life in digitally mediated environments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOrganised into three parts, the book first explores how knowledge production, cultural frameworks, and welfare imaginaries shape understandings of care and technology. It then analyses the role of technology in health and social service delivery across the life course, including communication support, assistive technologies, digital participation, and transitions to employment. The final part examines user‑centred design and social inclusion, highlighting co‑creation processes, accessibility in higher education, and the organisational conditions that influence digital transformation in disability welfare services. Across these chapters, contributors draw on science and technology studies, co‑creation, relational welfare, and disability research to illuminate how technologies are implemented, negotiated, and experienced in practice. \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eA timely reflection on the evolving relationships between humans and technology in disability services, this edited collection is \u003c\/span\u003eof interest to researchers and students in social work, disability studies, health sciences, education, STS, and public policy, as well as practitioners in primary healthcare, social services, and welfare organisations. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeidi Pedersen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Interested in disability, welfare technology, and user involvement, her work focuses on accessibility to education, assistive devices for activity, identity formation, universal design, welfare services, and practice development in social work. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngunn Fylkesnes \u003c\/strong\u003eis Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). With a back in physiotherapy, health science, and sociology, she does research on disabled children and adolescents.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJens Ineland\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Umeå University, Sweden. His research focuses on how policy changes and organizational rule and norm systems influence the everyday lives of people with intellectual disabilities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032372208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51691699470476,"sku":"9783032372208","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032372208","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}