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"Their husbands were sneaking around in the bushes": The need for anti-racist social work in Swedish activation programmes
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Work.
2024 (English)In: Nordic Social Work Research, ISSN 2156-857X, E-ISSN 2156-8588, Vol. 14, no 4, p. 444-457Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper aims to provide an analysis of a project-based activation programme, called the Vista project, under the authority of the social services and run in a local community in Sweden. Research has shown that people with a migrant background, in all age groups and especially women, are overrepresented in unemployment rates. The argument presented in the paper is that an anti-racist framework is of great relevance for these provisions and would provide a strong theoretical foundation with clear implications for practice. The Vista projectâs main objective was to find new matching strategies to increase labour market integration and to increase the number of people engaged in a full-time activity, such as employment, education or field practices. The findings show that the flexibility that characterizes this kind of organization has a negative impact on clearly defining its identity and work processes, something that could undermine its legitimacy. This study exemplifies how the flexibility leads to ambiguity and struggles in mediating a clear picture of the purpose of the project. Some core values of anti-racist practice are included in the foundation of the Vista project, for example, the resources addressed to a so-called disadvantaged group. Projects such as the Vista contribute to racial oppression, just as other more traditional social work organizations do. However, the form of the post-bureaucracy may create possibilities to both make such structures visible and find ways to give the participants exposed to the program greater influence on its design and to define their own needs.

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Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. Vol. 14, no 4, p. 444-457
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Social Sciences, Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-122508DOI: 10.1080/2156857X.2022.2061581ISI: 001374530600008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85129134443OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-122508DiVA, id: diva2:1773323
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