The Braid That Binds Us

Mehrotra, Gita R.; Kimball, Ericka; Wahab, Shagufta

doi:10.1177/0886109916643871

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“…By preparing newcomers to survive (and thrive) in America, case managers and other agency staff communicate expectations of self-sufficiency, reliance, and independence reflective of policy. Thus, resettlement agencies impart values of individualism and accountability associated with neoliberalism (Mehrotra, Kimball, & Wahab, 2016) and transfer the responsibility for succeeding and prospering in the United States from the state to the individual. This aspect of the work is carried out by agencies operating within a context of everdiminishing resources, and every-increasing time pressures and expectations of efficiency.…”

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Centering Subjectivities

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Snyder

2018

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Postcolonial feminist and African diaspora theories provide lenses through which to consider the impacts of forced migration on the internal and relational lives of women-aspects of experience less visible in policy, practice, and scholarship. Policy, practice, and research contribute to the framing of "refugees" as a static category of people irrespective of complex histories, geopolitical origins, and fluid identities impacted by structural forces. They can thus deny the subjective possibilities of women through the construction of identities that informs who refugees are and who they are expected to become. These overarching trends reflected in policy and practice have particular implications for women whose internal and relational processes remain to a large extent invisible. Drawing from postcolonial feminist and African diaspora theories, this article suggests that a practice of centering the subjectivities of women in forced migration may enhance the work of researchers and practitioners.

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2018

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“…Over time, by gradually raising awareness of men's violence against women, this social problem has been recognised by Swedish social services. In contrast to the non-government sector, social services are not only bound by a large number of rules and regulations but also demand professionalism and handling of social problems on an individual level (Lehrner & Allen, 2009;Mehrotra, Kimball, & Wahab, 2016;Stranz, Wiklund, & Karlsson, 2016). This implies that, as men's violence against women has been incorporated into social services, the more political aspects of the issue as it was expressed by the feminist social movement have somewhat diminished (see Barrett, Almanssori, Kwan, & Waddick, 2016;Lehrner & Allen, 2009).…”

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“…Today, however, with the expansion of both research and practice, there are multiple perspectives on IPV not only in academia but also in politics and practical social work (Mattsson, 2013;Nilsson, 2009;Steen, 2003). Further, as a central provider of IPV services, the women's shelter movement has increasingly moved towards collaboration and professional legitimacy (e.g., Wies, 2008;Barrett et al, 2016;Mehrotra, et al, 2016).…”

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A matter of choice—professionals’ views on the incorporation of practical work with intimate partner violence into Swedish personal social services

Lundberg

Stranz

2019

Nordic Journal of Social Research

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During the last decades, efforts have been made to increase local support provided to victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Sweden. As with other social problems, responsibility to address IPV falls on the municipal personal social services. The present article draws upon data obtained via structured telephone interviews with designated personal social services staff members from a sample of 99 municipalities, focusing on aspects of potential progress in social work with IPV. The results show that successful incorporation of IPV into personal social services largely seems to depend upon the commitment and dedication of individual actors within the organisations. Furthermore, the data indicate that competence in this field depends on personal inclination, with attention to IPV appearing as ‘a matter of choice’. The results are analysed using neo-institutional theory as well as concepts related to social movement studies, with focus on individual agency in organisational change and the potential relevance of IPV as an issue related to gender inequality to gender inequality. The analysis suggests that while IPV social work may challenge institutionalised practises within social services, change may go both ways with IPV being reframed to fit within the established framework of social services.

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“…In the context of weakening neoliberalism, we are not alone. Other fields have also been perplexed on how to do this (e.g., Mehrotra et al 2016). The reflection questions above set up what will likely be an ongoing process that has remained underdeveloped in the evaluation field for too long.…”

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Evaluation Warriorship: Raising Shields to Redress the Influence of Capitalism on Program Evaluation

Robinson

2021

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Evaluation warriorship, as defined by ¡Milwaukee Evaluation! Inc., links the practice of evaluation learning, reflection, and storytelling to the evaluator’s social responsibility as a warrior for justice. Unchecked global capitalism has led to extreme economic and racial injustice, undermined democracies, and accelerated environmental catastrophe. This paper argues that more evaluation warriorship is needed to resist this particular system of oppression. It presents examples of how evaluators reproduce neoliberal logic (e.g., in landscape analyses and collective impact assessments), which ultimately undermines transformative change. Evaluator reflexivity questions are proposed to incite change within the field and to help individual evaluators and evaluation teams unpack neoliberalism in their own practice. Evaluation education should include instruction on the effects of neoliberalism and how it shapes both programs and evaluation approaches. Future research should expand the body of knowledge of how neoliberalism has impacted the field of evaluation, support the development of an anti-capitalist praxis, and offer new opportunities for evaluation resistance.

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The Braid That Binds Us

Cited by 75 publications

References 26 publications

Centering Subjectivities

Centering Subjectivities

A matter of choice—professionals’ views on the incorporation of practical work with intimate partner violence into Swedish personal social services

Evaluation Warriorship: Raising Shields to Redress the Influence of Capitalism on Program Evaluation

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