Negotiating, Opposing, and Transposing Dangerousness: A Relational Perspective on Young People’s Experiences of Secure Care
| Autor: | Sofia Enell, Monika Wilińska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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child welfare
Socialt arbete Social Work Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science Social work media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) Relational practice young persons secure care 0506 political science relational agency Negotiation 050602 political science & public administration Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology Welfare Social psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | YOUNG. 29:28-44 |
| ISSN: | 1741-3222 1103-3088 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1103308820914825 |
| Popis: | This article analyses how young people, with experiences of secure care, relate to the contradictory images of children in child welfare: the child in danger and the dangerous child. The study is based in Sweden and consists of in-depth interviews with 16 youths conducted repeatedly (three times) over a period of 2 years. Using the perspective of relational sociology, we demonstrate how abstract images of children are materialized through the institutional practices of broken, interrupted, forbidden and forced relations. Within this context, young people are found to relate differently to being placed in the institution by negotiating, opposing and transposing. All practices display their unfolding agency and struggle to make sense of the experience. The restrictive practices seem to deny young people relations through which a sense of safety and care can be established. We conclude by putting into question the very foundations of secure care within child welfare services. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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