Communal care policy is the vision of creating a sociogeographically oriented inclusive care scene, under local-government control, in both urban and rural settings. The idea hinges on the ability to achieve normalized housing conditions that do not create special, institutionalized environments. The basic values underlying this are those of personal human rights & i.e., human dignity as defined in international, European and constitutional law. Against this background, changes taking place in the care scene need to be radically rethought in the context of a new, wider social policy.
Prof. Frank Schulz-Nieswandt, Chair of Social Policy and Methods in Qualitative Social Research, Director of the Seminar on the Cooperative System at the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology, First Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne, Honorary Professor at PTHV Vallendar; Dr. Ursula Köstler, former research assistant at the Chair of Social Policy and Methodology in Qualitative Social Research at the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology; Dr. Kristina Mann, research assistant at the Chair of Social Policy and Methodology in Qualitative Social Research at the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology.
