Public Social Services’ encounters with irregular migrants in Sweden: amid values of social work and control of migration
| Autor: | Annika Staaf, Carin Björngren Cuadra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Sociology and Political Science
Social work business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Control (management) Face (sociological concept) Social Welfare Public relations Discretion Rule of law Political economy Sociology Element (criminal law) business Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Social Work. 17:88-103 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2664 1369-1457 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13691457.2012.739556 |
| Popis: | This article outlines Public Social Services’ encounters with irregular migrants in Sweden from the perspectives of institutional and street-level bureaucrats. Staff and executive considerations are influenced by a de jure exclusion of irregular migrants, which is an element of the control of migration. Staff face contradictory demands concerning international and national regulations, which leads to legal ambiguities open to discretionary powers. The aim is to explore the handling of such cases, experiences and considerations with an interest in the values that are invoked when enacting discretion and to discuss implications of the unclear legal situation. The material was obtained using web-based questionnaires. A tentative analysis confirms that the Public Social Services encounter irregular migrants and that handling differs greatly. It suggests that different approaches and the contradictory legal framework endanger the rule of law. Differing reference points appear to be invoked when enacting discre... |
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