Contemporary discourses on children and parenting in Norway: Norwegian Child Welfare Services meets immigrant families

Hollekim, Ragnhild; Anderssen, Norman; Daniel, Marguerite

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.11.004

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“…Regarding media coverage of the Norwegian CWS and migrants, the sole example of research that we have found is by Hollekim, Anderssen, and Daniel () . (We have not discovered any corresponding international studies.)…”

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“…However, Hollekim et al . () do not inform about changes , in discourse or otherwise. This is consistent with all existing research (cf.…”

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“…We became aware of the study byHollekim et al (2016) after having conducted our own analysis.2 Norwegian words: barnevern* + (any one of:) innvandr* fremmedarbeider* arbeidsinnvandr* fremmedkultur* etnisk* etnisi* minoritet* flerkult* multikult* migrasjon* migrant* immigr* pakistan* somal* polen* polsk* Øst-Europ* østeurop* afrika* asiatisk* flyktning* asylsøk* muslim* indisk* India* hinduis* tyrki* tyrker* rasist* rasisme* kultursensitiv*. Complementary words: og* i* det* på* som* er* en* ein* til* å* han* av* for* med* at* var* de* ikke* ikkje* den* ha* jeg* eg* om* et* eit* me* så* seg* hun* ho* vi* fra* frå* du* kan* da* då* ut* in*.…”

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Recurrence, eruptions, and a transnational turn: Three decades of strained relations between migrants to Norway and the Child Welfare Services

Vassenden

Vedøy

2019

Child & Family Social Work

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The relations between the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS) and various migrant groups are notably strained. Numerous media accounts and a growing body of research reveal that many migrants to Norway fear the CWS. By combining quantitative and qualitative analyses of media accounts, this paper addresses the historical evolvement of such strained relations in Norway. Previous research has neglected this aspect. Findings show that migration issues related to the CWS have been topics of public debate in Norway for three decades, with foster care being a particularly intractable concern. With the onset of the decade beginning in 2010, however, matters have intensified and taken on transnational dimensions. In the discussion of our findings, we emphasize in particular how digital and social media have contributed to the recent changes.

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“…However, Hollekim et al . () do not inform about changes , in discourse or otherwise. This is consistent with all existing research (cf.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Recurrence, eruptions, and a transnational turn: Three decades of strained relations between migrants to Norway and the Child Welfare Services

Vassenden

Vedøy

2019

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Hagelund (2008) wrote that the immigrant family often is viewed as a risky place for children to grow up in Scandinavian public discourses, as "instances of forced marriages, genital mutilation and honor killings have created moral panics where patriarchal immigrant cultures and family structures appear as the major culprits" (p. 71). Similarly, Hollekim, Anderssen, and Daniel (2016) argued that immigrant parents are construed as potential threats to children's well-being in Norwegian media debates. Our informants' stories of "risky childhoods" might have resonated with such sociocultural discourses, rendering their narratives credible in this particular context (Phoenix, 2013).…”

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Precarious participation: Exploring ethnic minority youth's narratives about out-of-home placement in Norway

Fylkesnes

Taylor

Iversen

2018

Children and Youth Services Review

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“…Vagli (2009) and Erstad (2015) argued that Norwegian welfare workers are guided by a western, middle-class perspective on parenting within an individualistic notion of personhood and a psychodynamic frame of reference. In line with this argument, Hollekim, Anderssen, and Daniel (2016) suggested that proper parenting in Norway is construed as child focused and dialogue based, promoting children's rights and renouncing violence or force in child rearing.…”

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Negotiating deficiency: Exploring ethnic minority parents' narratives about encountering child welfare services in Norway

Fylkesnes

Iversen

Nygren

2017

Child & Family Social Work

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Evaluating the participatory opportunities for service users within social welfare institutions is a pressing issue. In this article, we explore a group of ethnic minority parents' experiences with child welfare services (CWS) in Norway. A strong narrative theme was deficiency positioning-how lacking a Norwegian normative set of knowledge and skills challenged the parents' opportunities to participate. We analysed how deficiency positioning was perceived, negotiated, and contested in the parents' accounts, and 4 themes emerged: (a) learning to parent, (b) contesting expert knowledge, (c) learning to be a client, and (d) constructing CWS deficiency. Nancy Fraser's concept of "participatory parity" was applied to explore how current institutional structures may enable and limit parents' participation. The analysis provides insight into agencies and informants' sense-making processes as well as the diverse resources and strategies that parents draw upon in the CWS encounter.Furthermore, we argue that an interplay between a strong focus on "parenting skills" and bureaucratic and economic structures positions ethnic minority parents as deficient, thus providing powerful mechanisms for marginalization. Implications for case work and institutional levels are discussed. Paul's reference to the "scandal" of poor information for refugees about the mandate of Norwegian CWS can be linked to recent debates in international media where ethnic minority parents criticize Norwegian CWS, stating that these services lack cultural sensitivity and wrongfully intervene in families' lives (Skivenes, 2014). Paul's claim can also be linked to a broader debate within social work regarding cultural diversity and the competencies that social workers must possess to meet the specific needs of ethnic minority populations (Freund & Band-Winterstein, 2015;Williams, 2006).In this article, we explore these questions from the perspective of ethnic minority parents who have encountered Norwegian CWS. We --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Contemporary discourses on children and parenting in Norway: Norwegian Child Welfare Services meets immigrant families

Cited by 66 publications

References 116 publications

Recurrence, eruptions, and a transnational turn: Three decades of strained relations between migrants to Norway and the Child Welfare Services

Recurrence, eruptions, and a transnational turn: Three decades of strained relations between migrants to Norway and the Child Welfare Services

Precarious participation: Exploring ethnic minority youth's narratives about out-of-home placement in Norway

Negotiating deficiency: Exploring ethnic minority parents' narratives about encountering child welfare services in Norway

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