Social investment in action: From policy vision to everyday realities

2025/10/27 by Ditte Andersen, Magnus Paulsen Hansen · 1 voice
Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Employment and Welfare Studies #Healthcare innovation and challenges #Social Policy and Reform Studies

paper · doi:10.1177/00016993251388813

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Discussions

• As the editors say in their introduction, the aim of the issue is to study the ethical, socio-cultural, psychological and practical everyday consequences of the social investment paradigm, which has r [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]