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- Stendahl, Sara, 1963, et al.
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A Legal Analysis of the Possibilities and Impediments for Citizens Seeking to Enforce their Social Rights
- 2016
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This is a legal study of the arrangements made in eight European countries to secure the enforcement of social rights. It is a study carried out as a response to the overall bEUcitizen research interest in potential barriers to a EU-citizenship. The aim of the study is to investigate the possibilities and impediments for EU-citizens in Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom to enforce their (moral and/or legal) social rights in the fields of education, health care, housing and social assistance. Our focus is on redress mechanisms. It is a study that is comparative in several dimensions (between rights, between citizens, between countries and potentially also between different legal levels). Results indicate that if rights are provided and if redress is offered, we have in the countries studied found no formal hindrances that discriminate against mobile EU-citizens. This said, we also learn that extra-procedural hindrances are a reality and that they create barriers especially problematic to mobile EU-citizens but also to EU-citizens living in their native countries. We conclude that the EU-citizenship project would gain from an exploration of new and innovative means of creating systems and institutions for the provision of basic, fundamental, social protection to secure life, dignity and means of social inclusion to all its citizens, no matter where in Europe they live or work. Europe is a region of welfare states and it is a barrier to the fulfilment of a well-functioning EU-citizenship not to fully recognise this fact.
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- Stendahl, Sara, 1963, et al.
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A Social Minimum for Whom? Making a Case for a Normative Pattern of Pragmatic Decency
- 2019
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Ingår i: Kotkas,T. Leijten, I. and Pennings, F. (eds), Specifying and Securing a Social Minimum in the Battle Against Poverty. - Oxford : Hart Publishing. - 978 1 50992 602 2 ; , s. 47-67
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Deciding to whom, in the face of destitution, a social minimum is to be allocated, is a question of scope. This is a chapter on scope and while it discusses this topic in a local context, we acknowledge that at the core the question ‘who counts?’ is philosophical and has divided writings on ethics and justice for centuries. The chapter puts forward two contrasting approaches on how to understand ‘who counts’ in a Swedish setting, one more particularist (based on a historic narrative) and another more universalist (based on a legal narrative). Of these two it is only the more universalist version that provides an explanation for a Swedish solidarity that evidently encompasses not only citizens and residents but also strangers and outcasts, people with distinctly weak civil and social rights. This is solidarity at a minimal level, sometimes handed out harshly and with no reference to rights – but it does exist and we propose that it plays an important role in the intricate web of values that forms the Swedish welfare state. In an effort to identify the core characteristics of this tradition we have described it as based on a normative pattern of ‘pragmatic decency’.
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- Stendahl, Sara, 1963, et al.
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Sluta leta motargument - låt fattiga barnen gå i skolan
- 2015
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Ingår i: Dagens samhälle. - 1652-6511. ; :12 maj 2015
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Barns rätt till utbildning är så fundamentalt viktigt att varje kommun och skolchef borde leta efter argument för att kunna erbjuda skolgång för alla barn, i stället för tvärtom. Bara det finns en vilja att erbjuda barn till EU-migranter en skolplats, finns det också stöd i lagen för att göra det.
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- Stendahl, Sara, 1963, et al.
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Social Human Rights as a Legal Strategy to Enhance EU Citizenship
- 2018
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Ingår i: Pennings, F. and Seeleib-Kaiser, M. (Eds), European Citizenship and Social Rights: Entitlements and Impediments to Accessing Welfare. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar. - 978 1 78811 270 3 ; , s. 103-123
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- Stendahl, Sara, 1963, et al.
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The Gothenburg Law Clinic and the use of Threshold Concepts in Clinical Legal Education
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Ingår i: Nordic Journal of Law and Society. - : Umea University Library. - 2002-7788. ; 4:3, s. 1-24
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2014, the Department of Law at the University of Gothenburg launched the Gothenburg Law Clinic, or Rättspraktiken, to offer students a way to gain increased practical experience through applied studies rooted in the tradition of clinical legal education (CLE). The core pedagogical element of CLE can be described as anchoring teaching in grassroots legal realities as a means of enhancing student reflection on the complex interplay between black-letter law and law in practice. In one of the courses offered at the clinic, the welfare law course, the CLE approach was combined with the use of threshold concepts (Meyer and Land 2003). In this article, we present these two pedagogical ideas, describe their implementation in curricula, and discuss potential developments based on students’ experiences. Our aim is to describe the ways in which using a CLE approach in combination with Meyer and Land’s notion of threshold concepts has enabled students to obtain advanced-level learning of welfare law.
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- Svensson, Eva-Maria, 1958, et al.
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Challenges of an ageing population – retirement age and the welfare model
- 2018
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Ingår i: The 24th Nordic Congress of Gerontology, 2-4 May, 2018.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- An ageing population is repeatedly perceived as a major challenge for, and even as a threat against, the Nordic welfare model. Increasing demands on welfare services due to an ageing population, at the same time as a decreasing productivity growth, have led to a demand for a prolonged working life. The broader context, e.g. the discourse on ‘successful ageing’, the lack of interest for alternative ways to increase the revenues such as a changed tax base, and a challenge of the welfare model, is not sufficiently explored. Aim To provide an argumentative basis for a discussion on the presumptions of the perceived conflict between ageing and the welfare system, and, whether it is possible, and if so, how, to legally safeguard a sustainable welfare model based on inclusion and social security. Method
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- Svensson, Eva-Maria, 1958, et al.
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The legal challenge of an ageing population - is the Nordic Welfare Model sustainable?
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Ingår i: Conference: GLOBAL CHALLENGES – NORDIC EXPERIENCES Theme: The making and circulation of Nordic models. Oslo, 20-21 March 2017.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim with this paper is to provide a basis for a discussion on whether it is possible, and if so, how, to legally safeguard a sustainable society based on the ideals of the Nordic welfare model challenged by an ageing population? The ‘ageing population’ is one of today’s repeatedly addressed urgent challenges. A fourth of the population will be over 65 years old in 2050, according to the prognosis made by The Public Health Agency of Sweden.1 As noted in Horizon 2020, the number of people in the EU aged over 65 will have grown by 70% by 2050.2 At the same time however, immigration rejuvenates the Swedish population.3 Older persons are as well as refugees and internally displaced persons and migrants identified as vulnerable and as people who must be empowered in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.4 The third goal is there to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. The Long-Term Survey of the Swedish Economy 2015 declares that the demographic changes (increased number of older and foreign-born people) will challenge the publicly financed welfare systems and the possibilities to reach political goals of redistribution.5 With an ageing population and high degree of immigration, to increase the amount work by these two groups (immigrants and elderly peoples) is consequently supposed to be the most interesting alternative to maintain the level of employment, according to the Swedish Long-Term Survey.7 The changed age structure will impact the organization of the society and the welfare state. The costs for elderly care will rise, put additional stress on the public budget and make the political and financial systems more vulnerable. 8 There are already challenges caused by e.g. globalisation on the financial systems. An ageing population is a challenge for the financing of the future public sector.
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- Swedrup, Otto, et al.
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Exploring common ground for defining adequate social participation in 24 EU capital cities (CSB Working paper no. 19/12)
- 2019
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Without comparable benchmarks, the cross-national monitoring of the adequacy of minimum income schemes is impossible. However, it is not so straightforward to define what comparability means in this context, and how it should be operationalised. In this paper, we explore the possibility of a comparable benchmark for a minimum income starting from the concept of ‘adequate social participation’. At the minimum, comparability would require that people can have a broadly similar understanding of what adequate social participation means. Obviously, the financial resources that households require at the minimum for adequate social participation vary across time and space due to differences in climate and geographical context, institutional differences, culture and social expectations, as well as variations in the availability, quality and price of essential goods and services. Yet, without a common understanding of what ‘adequate social participation’ means at a more general level, a benchmark of ‘adequacy’ that is substantively comparable across countries remains highly elusive. Therefore, in this paper we explore to what extent there is a common understanding of ‘adequate social participation’ in terms of the essential social positions that one should be able to take, and in terms of the needs that should be satisfied to be able to fulfil in an adequate way the social roles associated with these positions. We embed our notion of adequate social participation in the literature on human needs. A large-scale project that involved country teams in all EU Member States, enabled us to develop a ‘core list’ of social positions, and to validate these as well as a list of intermediate needs across EU Member States using two sources. Formal social expectations have been explored in terms of commitments of Member States to international guidelines and regulations; informal social expectations regarding essential social positions and human needs have subsequently been assessed in three focus group discussions in each of 24 EU capital cities. Overall, the discussions in focus groups across the EU confirm there is quite some common ground with respect to what can be understood under the heading of adequate social participation in terms of essential social positions and needs that should be fulfilled. This provides support for efforts aimed at developing comparable benchmarks to assess the adequacy of social protection schemes.
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- Swedrup, Otto, et al.
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Is there Common Ground for Defining a Decent Social Minimum in Europe?
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Ingår i: in Kotkas,T. Leijten, I. and Pennings, F. (eds), Specifying and Securing a Social Minimum in the Battle Against Poverty. - Oxford : Hart Publishing. - 978 1 50992 602 2 ; , s. 93-109
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Without comparable benchmarks, the cross-national monitoring of the adequacy of minimum income schemes is impossible. However, it is not so straightforward to define what comparability means in this context, and how it should be operationalised. At the minimum, comparability would require that people can have a broadly similar understanding of what adequate social participation means. Obviously, the financial resources that households require at the minimum for adequate social participation vary across time and space due to differences in climate and geographical context, institutional differences, culture and social expectations, as well as variations in the availability, quality and price of essential goods and services. Yet, without a common understanding of what ‘adequate social participation’ means at a more general level, a benchmark of ‘adequacy’ that is substantively comparable across countries remains highly elusive. Therefore, in this chapter we explore to what extent there is a common understanding at a more abstract level of ‘adequate social participation’ in terms of the essential social positions that one should be able to take, and in terms of the needs that should be satisfied to be able to fulfil in an adequate way the social roles associated with these positions. In the context of a large-scale project that involved country teams in all EU Member States, we have developed a ‘core list’ of social positions, and validated commonalities across EU Member States based on two sources. Formal social expectations have been assessed in terms of commitments of Member States to international guidelines and regulations; informal social expectations regarding essential social positions and human needs have subsequently been assessed in three focus group discussions in each of 24 EU capital cities. Overall, the discussions in focus groups across the EU confirm there is quite some common ground with respect to what can be understood under the heading of adequate social participation in terms of essential social positions and needs that should be fulfilled. This provides some evidence that it should be possible to develop benchmarks to assess the adequacy of social protection schemes that are comparable in a meaningful way.
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