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Families, Children and Youth in Global Contexts
- 2021
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Perspectives on Families, Children and Youth in Global Contexts brings together the main results of the research projects developed for their disseratations by the first graduate students of the Erasmus Mundus Family master's program. Coming from a significant variety of countries mostly out of Europe, these students addressed, under different perspectives, the study of families, immigration and gender issues, children and young people in school and care settings, as well as welfare policies. As a whole the analyzes carried out by the authors of this book represent important contributions for understanding the current daily lives of families, children and youth at a global level.
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- Höjer, Ingrid, 1953, et al.
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Förord
- 2011
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Ingår i: Familj, vardagsliv och modernitet. En festskrift till Margareta Bäck-Wiklund. - Göteborg : University of Gothenburg. - 9789186796792
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Höjer, Staffan, 1953, et al.
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Conclusion
- 2021
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Ingår i: das Dores Guerreiro, M., Twesigye, J., Höjer, I., Höjer, S. & Enoksen, E. Families, Children and Youth in Global Contexts.. - Lissabon : Editora Mundus Sociais. - 9789898536792
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)
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- Höjer, Ingrid, 1953, et al.
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Young People’s Experience of Participation When Exiting out of Care
- 2014
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Ingår i: Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Soziale Arbeit/Revue suisse de travail social. - 1661-9870. ; 16:1, s. 27-45
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this paper is to focus on young people’s experiences of participation during the process of transition from placements in out-of-home care independent life. 65 young care leavers were interviewed, 14 boys and 51 girls between 18 and 26 years old. Results show that those who were invited to participate in the planning of their care leaving experienced a more positive and successful transition from care to adulthood. When administrative regulations guided the care leaving process, young people felt excluded and out of control, and their transition became a more negative experience.
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- Adeboye, Temitayo, et al.
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Unveiling the experiences of young people in foster care: Perspectives from Portugal and Nigeria
- 2019
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Ingår i: International Social Work. - : SAGE Publications. - 0020-8728 .- 1461-7234. ; 62:1, s. 433-446
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article examines the lived experiences of young people in the process of leaving the care of SOS Children’s Villages in both Nigeria and Portugal. Interviews were conducted with 12 young people and data were analysed using content analysis. Young people’s lived experiences were captured in three emerging dimensions of past, present and future experiences. The study recommends resolving young people’s childhood conflicts towards a successful transition into adulthood. It also has implications for policy practice in tailoring the present experiences in preparing young people for the demands of life after care.
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- Artamonova, A., et al.
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Time and context shaping the transition from out-of-home care to adulthood in Portugal
- 2020
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Ingår i: Children and Youth Services Review. - : Elsevier BV. - 0190-7409. ; 115
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The difficulties that modern care leavers face on the way to independence are the focus of many studies. The present research illustrates how time and context - operationalised through belonging to different generations, from the previous century to today - has shaped care leavers' pathways to adulthood in Portugal. To trace these pathways, ten care leavers were selected based on purposeful sampling and snowball methods. To reveal the factors that indicate care leavers' better life outcomes, interviews with seven experts working with this vulnerable population group were organised. The pathways of male informants look "normal", even thriving, when compared with the trajectories of the general population of Portugal in the second half of the 20th century, while the experiences of female care leavers sound somewhat traumatising. The timing and sequence of the young cohorts' transition to adulthood events does not look aberrant compared to the general population. The various factors that determine a care leaver's better life outcomes emerged as access to the tangible and intangible resources needed to generate human and social capital, and personal agency. Care leavers from older cohorts were empowered by means of education and the support of former residents of out-of-home care institutions. Women from older cohorts could receive education but, due to the social context, they were not expected to build careers. The educational opportunities given to them were very basic and did not afford them the confidence to deal with adversity. Care leavers from younger cohorts seem to lose the advantage of competitive education and the sense of belonging to a large and powerful childcare institution due to the democratisation of the education system and de-institutionalisation of residential care in the country. However, they can stay in care longer, gain practical skills for independent living and benefit from the personalised support of professionals to deal with adversity.
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- Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth, et al.
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Out of home care in Norway and Sweden – similar and different
- 2013
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Ingår i: Psychosocial Intervention. - : Colegio Oficial de Psicologos de Madrid. - 1132-0559 .- 2173-4712. ; 22:3, s. 193-202
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An overview of the current situation in the out-of-home care in Norway and Sweden is presented in this article; also the development in later years is described and discussed. Socially, politically and culturally there are few differences between Norway and Sweden. Child protection and out-of-home placement of children and young people are integrated parts in the welfare state that are shared by the Nordic countries. It is a model that builds on principles of universalism and decommodification of social rights. The welfare model presupposes high public legitimacy for a high level of social expenditure. However the idea of marketization and privatization has also affected the welfare model in Sweden and Norway. Although there are more similarities than differences between the two countries' child protection systems, the article discusses some differences, for example the after care services, new groups of children and young people in the out-of-home care, like young unaccompanied asylum seekers. There are also some differences when it comes to privatization, the introduction of evidence-based methods in the child protection system and the tension between general and residual services for children and young people in the child protection system.
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- Becevic, Zulmir, et al.
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Examining narratives of Swedish care-leaving bureaucracy from a lived citizenship perspective: framing the problem in political terms
- 2024
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Ingår i: European Journal of Social Work. - 1369-1457 .- 1468-2664.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- ABSTRACT The transition to young adulthood is a complex process for all young people, but especially those leaving care who are at high risk of social exclusion. The adverse living conditions of young care leavers have been well documented in recent decades and constitute an established point of departure in the political discourse on care leavers, as well as within the international field of leaving care research. This article builds on twelve in-depth interviews with young people aged 17–24 from a Swedish research project on youth transitioning from out-of-home care and their paths to housing, work and education. From the perspectives of care leavers, the processes governing transitions are characterised by rigid managerialism and social administration that fails to address the extensive needs regarding housing, income, education and health as experienced by this group. The article explores leaving care from a lived citizenship perspective, arguing that the lack of responsiveness from the social services, as well as the lack of meaningful long-term interventions capable of addressing the material, psychological, emotional, relational and educational needs of young people leaving care, places this group on the margins of citizenship, unsupported and insufficiently prepared to enter the many trials of emerging adulthood.
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