Aktiivisen kansalaisuuden mahdollisuudet kotouttamistyön ulkoisten ehtojen ja maahanmuuttajien tarpeiden ristipaineissa

Turtiainen, Kati; Kokkonen, Tuomo; Viitasalo, Katri

doi:10.30668/janus.76453

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“…However, there are places of control, such as the asylum process, where experts exercise more control rather than using their ethical obligations towards forced migrants (Sotkasiira, 2018a.) Also, the integration work of migrants does not sufficiently manage to improve their wellbeing as active and critical citizens (e.g. Sotkasiira, 2018b;Hiitola & Peltola, 2018;Turtiainen et al, 2018). Moreover, even though the Finnish welfare state provides income redistribution to migrants having residence permits, the redistribution of power and knowledge remains weak (Heino & Veistilä, 2015;Nordberg, 2015), which is the consequence of intentional or unintentional discrimination.…”

Section: Social Work and Boundaries Of Social Citizenship In Finnish ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Citizenship, populism and social work in the Finnish welfare state

Turtiainen¹,

Kokkonen²

2020

The Challenge of Right-Wing Nationalist Populism for Social Work

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This chapter ties together discussions of citizenship and social work practice in the context of growing populist and neoliberal political trends in Finland. These political trends are manifested in populistic right-wing movements on the one hand, and the neoliberal dismantling of the welfare state on the other. Both political trends -populism and neoliberalism -tend to separate people into those who are 'deserving' and 'undeserving'. However, the dynamics of globalisation has radically changed nation states, creating a need to redefine the understanding of an emancipatory idea of citizenship connected to human rights, because social rights on their own are no longer able to protect the human condition. These emancipatory approaches face resistance from contemporary populist political movements. This situation is paradoxical, as populist political movements also base their political mandate on an underprivileged group of people, namely those citizens living in fragile life situations within the nation state. Additionally, social work practice has conventionally been restricted by national contexts due to differences in social work traditions, social systems, social problems and cultures. These effects manifest in social work practices, intentionally or unintentionally, through the application of different approaches. Therefore, social work practice must redefine its position in the current political climate, and social policy must pay more attention to social work ethics as a human rights profession.

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Section: Social Work and Boundaries Of Social Citizenship In Finnish ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Citizenship, populism and social work in the Finnish welfare state

Turtiainen¹,

Kokkonen²

2020

The Challenge of Right-Wing Nationalist Populism for Social Work

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“…Forsander 2013Forsander , 2004 show that the migrants' (including refugees) background has an impact on their chances of getting employed in Finland. Especially in small town refugees have difficulties to get jobs (Turtiainen et. al.…”

Section: Finnish and Portuguese Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(2018) and Wrede and Nordberg (2010) show that people who are overeducated for their job were clearly over-represented among migrants, compared to other sections of the population. For example, refugees express their frustration and depression because of wasted skills and education (Turtiainen et. al.…”

Section: Finnish and Portuguese Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policies of Refugee Settlement and Integration in Europe: the Cases of Portugal and Finland

2019

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Though geographically distant from each other, Portugal and Finland present an interesting comparison concerning the policies and devices of asylum. Both provide an informed and critical appraisal of the current international response to the refugee issue, especially considering the European Union. The Finnish situation evidences a long-standing integrated resettlement frame, associated with the inclusive and pluralistic character of Nordic immigration policies, in spite of the growing threat of regression under the emergent xenophobic pressure. Unlike Portugal, where a finely-tuned response system is still lacking in spite of the existence of an assumed political will and commitment to receive increasing numbers of refugees.

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