This article discusses the regulation of marriage immigration to Norway through an analysis of the subsistence requirement, a rule entailing that a person who wants to bring a spouse to Norway must achieve a certain level of income. Policy makers present two main arguments for this regulation. First, the subsistence requirement is a means to prevent forced marriage. Second, its aim is to prevent family immigrants from becoming a burden on welfare budgets. The major concern of both these arguments is that of dependency, either on the family or on the welfare state. The article investigates the problem representations underpinning this specific policy proposal and argues that the rule in question and immigration policy more generally, should be analysed in relation to the broader concerns and aims of welfare state policy and gender equality policy.
This article analyses decision-making processes concerning applications for family immigration to Norway by giving an account of the dilemmas and challenges faced by the employees of the Norwegian immigration administration. I argue that these civil servants negotiate two somewhat different ethical principles where the foundation for ethical conduct is either emotion or reason.The article investigates the ethical potential of bureaucracy and aims to contribute to sociological debates about ethics, emotion and rationality. KeywordsBauman / bureaucracy / emotions / ethics / family immigration / immigration administration / rationality.
This article investigates the link between family migration and integration. It is based on a literature review of existing research across the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, focusing on examples from Denmark and Norway. Much of the existing literature on family migration and integration analyses legal changes and policy arguments. Focusing on literature about integration and regulation outcomes, we identify the following two dominant topic areas in existing academic work: (1) empirical studies of labour market integration outcomes for family migrants-some limited to focusing on intra-marriages-and (2) research about the consequences of family immigration regulations. The article highlights the need for a new research agenda that moves beyond studies of intra-ethnic marriages and labour market participation to include all groups of family migrants and diff erent dimensions of integration. Moreover, it should analyse long-term eff ects of family migration regulations, as well as postentry regulations and social structures.
Norsk og europeisk forskingspolitikk legg opp til store samarbeidsprosjekt på tvers av land, disiplinar og institusjonar, og dette krev gode metodar for samarbeid i alle delar av forskingsprosessen. Men i metodelitteraturen blir analyse som regel framstilt som ein individuell prosess, og kollektivt analysearbeid ser ut til å vera unntaket heller enn regelen. Føremålet med denne artikkelen er å bidra til metodeutvikling ved å presentera ein framgangsmåte eg har nytta i fleire forskingsprosjekt, og som eg har vald å kalla «kollektiv kvalitativ analyse». Metoden har fire trinn: 1) felles gjennomgang av datamaterialet, 2) temakartlegging, 3) temagruppering og 4) disposisjon og arbeidsplan. Eg nyttar døme frå eigne forskings-og analyseprosessar for å forklara metoden. Kollektiv kvalitativ analyse er startpunktet for analysen, og føremålet er å skapa rom for ein kreativ analytisk prosess kor me kan korrigera og vidareutvikla tolkingar og laera av kvarandre. Målet med artikkelen er å bidra til-og oppfordra andre til å ta del i-utviklinga av kollektive analysemetodar. Nøkkelord Kollektiv analyse, kollektiv metode, kvalitativ analyse, felles analyseprosess.
Denne artikkelen presenterer funn fra en undersøkelse om levekår blant skeive med innvandrerbakgrunn i Norge. Med utgangspunkt i et interseksjonelt perspektiv analyserer vi 251 respondenters erfaringer med diskriminering og sosial ekskludering. Resultatene viser at over halvparten rapporterte om negative kommentarer eller handlinger fordi de bryter med normer for kjønn eller seksualitet, og noen flere på grunn av innvandrerbakgrunn. Om lag 1 av 3 rapporterte om opplevelser av ekskludering fra minoritetsmiljø fordi de er skeive, og 1 av 5 om eksklusjon fra skeive miljøer på grunn av innvandrerbakgrunn. Disse sammenhengene mellom sosial ekskludering og den doble minoritetsstatusen til skeive med innvandrerbakgrunn har i liten grad blitt undersøkt systematisk med kvantitative data tidligere. Kvantitative undersøkelser basert på selvrekrutterte utvalg-slik denne studien er et eksempel på-utgjør et viktig supplement til kvalitativ forskning på den ene siden og representative undersøkelser på den andre. Basert på de empiriske analysene i artikkelen drøfter vi hvordan kontekstsensitive interseksjonelle perspektiver kan kombineres med kvantitative metoder som tradisjonelt har vaert rettet mot generaliserbare funn.
Social and humanistic gerontology have challenged the narratives of pessimism and decline embedded in bio-medical models of aging and care. One stream of criticism comes from literature 2 about active ageing, and another from literature on person-centred care. A common concern is how to promote well-being in old age. This study explores the possibilities of promoting well-being and person-centred care practices in the context of home-based elderly care. It is based on qualitative interviews and observational data from two rural municipalities in Northern Norway. Using descriptive-interpretive qualitative research methods, we have explored the met and unmet needs of 28 older adults receiving home-based care services. The interviews revealed that their needs for medical treatment and practical assistance in the home were largely accommodated for. However, they had needs that frequently remained unaddressed, particularly for social interaction and for engaging in meaningful everyday activities outside the house. What is experienced as meaningful to our participants is embedded in local landscapes and practices, and in their personal biographies and bodily experiences. We show how carers and local communities may promote well-being by accommodating for embodied experiences that create a sense of connectedness to the land, history and people.
A growing number of older people in Norway receive care services at home. Public policy aims at promoting social safety, preventing social problems and providing recipients of care with the means to live an active and meaningful everyday life together with others. However, health-related services have long been prioritized at the expense of other care services. Our aims are to investigate how professional caregivers in Norwegian home care for older people relate their professional mandate to social care to assess what different professional positions regarding social care imply for realizing the ideal of integrated and person-centered care. Interviews with 16 professional caregivers are analyzed within the framework of positioning theory. A variety of discursive positions relating the own professional mandate to social care are identified. Findings suggest that the absence of common standards leaves it up to the individual caregiver if social care needs are met or not. Common standards for social care delivery and a more suitable skill mix among health and social care professionals are proposed.
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