Helen Schwenken
Biographic Data
| ID | 3677231 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Schwenken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Schwenken |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWENKEN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kassel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7789-6357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 128 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Eine figurationstheoretische Einordnung der Narrative zum Islam unter Engagierten, die sich für Geflüchtete einsetzen
Der Beitrag geht einer Irritation in Interviews zum Thema „Willkommenskultur“ und Flüchtlingsunterstützung auf den Grund: Obgleich nicht danach gefragt, war die Häufigkeit von Äußerungen zu Religion und insbesondere zum Islam und Gegenüberstellungen zum Christentum auf Seiten derjenigen, die Geflüchtete unterstützen, auffällig. Engagierte teilten ihre Gedanken zu Gefahren durch den Islam, zu stark gelebtem Glauben und eine Abkapselung von der Meh…
Mapping domestic workers’ organizing globally
Domestic workers face challenges for organizing, e.g. decentralization of the workforce, nature of the employment relationship. This article analyses, based on a multiple country-comparison, how domestic workers organize despite constrictions. We identify three forms of organizing: the trade union model and the association model (Shireen Ally). We propose, though, an additional third model, the ‘hybrid type’: domestic workers organize ‘amongst th…
Abschiebungen
Introduction: Inclusive solidarity and citizenship along migratory routes in Europe and the Americas
In this special issue, we link non-essentialist concepts of solidarity and citizenship to migration in different empirical contexts. We analyse how civil society initiatives renegotiate societal structures in solidarity with people on the move, noncitizens and racialized individuals, and in doing so we contribute to current debates about citizenship and solidarity. Focusing on solidarity among members of the so-called ‘majority society’ in Europe…
Mobilizing for safe passages and escape aid: Challenging the 'Asylum Paradox' Between Active and Activist Citizenship, Humanitarianism and Solidarity
The ‘asylum paradox’ is a pivotal feature of refugee politics in the Global North: In order to effectively claim and obtain refugee rights, refugees are forced to cross borders illegally because of the lack of legal entry options. As a result, access to refugee protection has become a controversial issue, and civil society initiatives have begun mobilizing people for safe passage and escape aid. This paper analyses a range of such practices in Ge…
Intersectional Migration Regime Analysis: Explaining Gender-Selective Labor Emigration Regulations
The Emergence of an Impossible Movement: Domestic Workers Organize Globally
From Sangatte to â The Jungleâ
New Border and Citizenship Politics
This collection examines the intersections and dynamics of bordering processes and citizenship politics in the Global North and Australia. By taking the political agency of migrants into account, it a
Crossing Borders and Shifting Boundaries: Vol. II
Becoming a Migrant at Home: Subjectivation Processes in Migrant‐Sending Countries Prior to Departure
Labour emigration is not merely the business of states and governmental policies, but comes with a range of wider societal practices. This includes the production of – and contestation over – the ‘ideal migrant subject’. This paper examines the complex interplay of actors and practices involved in migrant subject‐making processes paying close attention to the pre‐employment temporary labour migration process step by step from screening, recruitme…
The EU Should Talk to Germany” Transnational Legal Consciousness as a Rights Claiming Tool among Undocumented Migrants
Migrants must often negotiate their rights while being hampered by their precarious resident status, within contexts where the overlap of migration, welfare, labour and gender regimes lead to incoherent and contradictory institutional set‐ups that hinder their claiming of rights. The analysis of the legal consciousness of undocumented migrants in Germany reveals a complex set of orientations. On some occasions they waive their rights, accepting l…
Geschlecht – Macht – Klima: Feministische Perspektiven auf Klima, gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse und Gerechtigkeit
Conversations
Mobilisation des travailleuses domestiques migrantes: De la cuisine à l'Organisation internationale du travail
La négociation de la convention « Travail décent pour les travailleuses et travailleurs domestiques » à l’Organisation internationale du travail ( oit ), en 2010 et en 2011, sort de l’invisibilité les travailleuses domestiques. Cet article analyse comment celles-ci se mobilisent en faveur d’une convention et comment elles participent aux négociations internationales en relevant les défis posés notamment par la structure tripartite de l’ oit . En …
Masking, Blurring, Replacing: Can the Undocumented Migrant Have a Face in Film?
The question whether the undocumented migrant can have a face in film is at first glance not a question of aesthetics. It is their social and legal condition, not aesthetics, which prevent undocumented migrants from showing their face. But the question becomes more complex if we take into account, that films are a part of the migration regime. It works like a vicious circle: The migration regime forces undocumented migrants to conceal their face.…
Introductory statement on the Interpretive Policy Analysis conference in Kassel, June 2009
From 25–27 June 2009, the University of Kassel (Germany) hosted the 4th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) entitled ‘Discourse, Power and Politics’. About 150 scholars f
Transnational Governance: Institutional Dynamics of Regulation edited by Marie-Laure Djelic and Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson
Beautiful Victims and Sacrificing Heroines: Exploring the Role of Gender Knowledge in Migration Policies
About the Contributors
Tagungsbericht: FrauenMännerGeschlechterforschung. State of the Art
The Challenges of Framing Women Migrants’ Rights in the European Union
Les enjeux des droits des femmes migrantes dans l’Union Européenne.On observe dans tous les pays de l’Union Européenne un accroissement du travail des femmes migrantes effectué de plus en plus dans des conditions illégales. Les travailleuses migrantes sont nombreuses à faire face à des conditions de vie précaires et à l’exploitation dans leur travail. C’est pourquoi, tout au long des dernières décennies, les femmes migrantes employées dans un tra…
Migrantinnenorganisationen: Zur Selbstorganisierung von Migrantinnen
„Aquí Nosotras — Wir hier“ so lautet der Name des 1992 gegründeten europäisch-lateinamerikanischen Frauen-Netzwerkes (Red Europea Latinoamericana de Mujeres) mit Gruppen und Mitgliedern in den meisten europäischen Ländern. Unter der Selbstorganisierung von Migrantinnen werden alle Gruppen, Projekte, Netzwerke und Organisationen von Migrantinnen verstanden, die mit einer gewissen Kontinuität mittels variabler Organisations- und Aktionsformen Ziele…
Respect for All: The Political Self-Organization of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in the European Union
This contribution focuses on the empowering political practices of RESPECT, the European network for migrant domestic workers. The paper contrasts RESPECT’s empowering approach with that of other actors in which migrant domestic workers are presented as victims and in which the struggle is situated within the discourse of combatting illegal immigration and trafficking in women. The central hypothesis of this paper is that this distinction between…
Crossing Borders and Shifting Boundaries
Becoming a Migrant at Home: Subjectivation Processes in Migrant‐Sending Countries Prior to Departure
Labour emigration is not merely the business of states and governmental policies, but comes with a range of wider societal practices. This includes the production of – and contestation over – the ‘ideal migrant subject’. This paper examines the complex interplay of actors and practices involved in migrant subject‐making processes paying close attention to the pre‐employment temporary labour migration process step by step from screening, recruitme…
Introduction: Inclusive solidarity and citizenship along migratory routes in Europe and the Americas
In this special issue, we link non-essentialist concepts of solidarity and citizenship to migration in different empirical contexts. We analyse how civil society initiatives renegotiate societal structures in solidarity with people on the move, noncitizens and racialized individuals, and in doing so we contribute to current debates about citizenship and solidarity. Focusing on solidarity among members of the so-called ‘majority society’ in Europe…
Mobilizing for safe passages and escape aid: Challenging the 'Asylum Paradox' Between Active and Activist Citizenship, Humanitarianism and Solidarity
The ‘asylum paradox’ is a pivotal feature of refugee politics in the Global North: In order to effectively claim and obtain refugee rights, refugees are forced to cross borders illegally because of the lack of legal entry options. As a result, access to refugee protection has become a controversial issue, and civil society initiatives have begun mobilizing people for safe passage and escape aid. This paper analyses a range of such practices in Ge…
The EU Should Talk to Germany” Transnational Legal Consciousness as a Rights Claiming Tool among Undocumented Migrants
Migrants must often negotiate their rights while being hampered by their precarious resident status, within contexts where the overlap of migration, welfare, labour and gender regimes lead to incoherent and contradictory institutional set‐ups that hinder their claiming of rights. The analysis of the legal consciousness of undocumented migrants in Germany reveals a complex set of orientations. On some occasions they waive their rights, accepting l…
The Challenges of Framing Women Migrants’ Rights in the European Union
Les enjeux des droits des femmes migrantes dans l’Union Européenne.On observe dans tous les pays de l’Union Européenne un accroissement du travail des femmes migrantes effectué de plus en plus dans des conditions illégales. Les travailleuses migrantes sont nombreuses à faire face à des conditions de vie précaires et à l’exploitation dans leur travail. C’est pourquoi, tout au long des dernières décennies, les femmes migrantes employées dans un tra…
Mobilisation des travailleuses domestiques migrantes: De la cuisine à l'Organisation internationale du travail
La négociation de la convention « Travail décent pour les travailleuses et travailleurs domestiques » à l’Organisation internationale du travail ( oit ), en 2010 et en 2011, sort de l’invisibilité les travailleuses domestiques. Cet article analyse comment celles-ci se mobilisent en faveur d’une convention et comment elles participent aux négociations internationales en relevant les défis posés notamment par la structure tripartite de l’ oit . En …
Respect for All: The Political Self-Organization of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in the European Union
This contribution focuses on the empowering political practices of RESPECT, the European network for migrant domestic workers. The paper contrasts RESPECT’s empowering approach with that of other actors in which migrant domestic workers are presented as victims and in which the struggle is situated within the discourse of combatting illegal immigration and trafficking in women. The central hypothesis of this paper is that this distinction between…
Conversations
Crossing Borders and Shifting Boundaries
Respect for All: The Political Self-Organization of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in the European Union
This contribution focuses on the empowering political practices of RESPECT, the European network for migrant domestic workers. The paper contrasts RESPECT’s empowering approach with that of other actors in which migrant domestic workers are presented as victims and in which the struggle is situated within the discourse of combatting illegal immigration and trafficking in women. The central hypothesis of this paper is that this distinction between…
Migrantinnenorganisationen: Zur Selbstorganisierung von Migrantinnen
„Aquí Nosotras — Wir hier“ so lautet der Name des 1992 gegründeten europäisch-lateinamerikanischen Frauen-Netzwerkes (Red Europea Latinoamericana de Mujeres) mit Gruppen und Mitgliedern in den meisten europäischen Ländern. Unter der Selbstorganisierung von Migrantinnen werden alle Gruppen, Projekte, Netzwerke und Organisationen von Migrantinnen verstanden, die mit einer gewissen Kontinuität mittels variabler Organisations- und Aktionsformen Ziele…
The Challenges of Framing Women Migrants’ Rights in the European Union
Les enjeux des droits des femmes migrantes dans l’Union Européenne.On observe dans tous les pays de l’Union Européenne un accroissement du travail des femmes migrantes effectué de plus en plus dans des conditions illégales. Les travailleuses migrantes sont nombreuses à faire face à des conditions de vie précaires et à l’exploitation dans leur travail. C’est pourquoi, tout au long des dernières décennies, les femmes migrantes employées dans un tra…
Tagungsbericht: FrauenMännerGeschlechterforschung. State of the Art
Beautiful Victims and Sacrificing Heroines: Exploring the Role of Gender Knowledge in Migration Policies
About the Contributors
Transnational Governance: Institutional Dynamics of Regulation edited by Marie-Laure Djelic and Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson
Masking, Blurring, Replacing: Can the Undocumented Migrant Have a Face in Film?
The question whether the undocumented migrant can have a face in film is at first glance not a question of aesthetics. It is their social and legal condition, not aesthetics, which prevent undocumented migrants from showing their face. But the question becomes more complex if we take into account, that films are a part of the migration regime. It works like a vicious circle: The migration regime forces undocumented migrants to conceal their face.…
Introductory statement on the Interpretive Policy Analysis conference in Kassel, June 2009
From 25–27 June 2009, the University of Kassel (Germany) hosted the 4th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) entitled ‘Discourse, Power and Politics’. About 150 scholars f
Conversations
Mobilisation des travailleuses domestiques migrantes: De la cuisine à l'Organisation internationale du travail
La négociation de la convention « Travail décent pour les travailleuses et travailleurs domestiques » à l’Organisation internationale du travail ( oit ), en 2010 et en 2011, sort de l’invisibilité les travailleuses domestiques. Cet article analyse comment celles-ci se mobilisent en faveur d’une convention et comment elles participent aux négociations internationales en relevant les défis posés notamment par la structure tripartite de l’ oit . En …
Geschlecht – Macht – Klima: Feministische Perspektiven auf Klima, gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse und Gerechtigkeit
Crossing Borders and Shifting Boundaries: Vol. II
Becoming a Migrant at Home: Subjectivation Processes in Migrant‐Sending Countries Prior to Departure
Labour emigration is not merely the business of states and governmental policies, but comes with a range of wider societal practices. This includes the production of – and contestation over – the ‘ideal migrant subject’. This paper examines the complex interplay of actors and practices involved in migrant subject‐making processes paying close attention to the pre‐employment temporary labour migration process step by step from screening, recruitme…
The EU Should Talk to Germany” Transnational Legal Consciousness as a Rights Claiming Tool among Undocumented Migrants
Migrants must often negotiate their rights while being hampered by their precarious resident status, within contexts where the overlap of migration, welfare, labour and gender regimes lead to incoherent and contradictory institutional set‐ups that hinder their claiming of rights. The analysis of the legal consciousness of undocumented migrants in Germany reveals a complex set of orientations. On some occasions they waive their rights, accepting l…
From Sangatte to â The Jungleâ
New Border and Citizenship Politics
This collection examines the intersections and dynamics of bordering processes and citizenship politics in the Global North and Australia. By taking the political agency of migrants into account, it a
The Emergence of an Impossible Movement: Domestic Workers Organize Globally
Intersectional Migration Regime Analysis: Explaining Gender-Selective Labor Emigration Regulations
Abschiebungen
Introduction: Inclusive solidarity and citizenship along migratory routes in Europe and the Americas
In this special issue, we link non-essentialist concepts of solidarity and citizenship to migration in different empirical contexts. We analyse how civil society initiatives renegotiate societal structures in solidarity with people on the move, noncitizens and racialized individuals, and in doing so we contribute to current debates about citizenship and solidarity. Focusing on solidarity among members of the so-called ‘majority society’ in Europe…
Mobilizing for safe passages and escape aid: Challenging the 'Asylum Paradox' Between Active and Activist Citizenship, Humanitarianism and Solidarity
The ‘asylum paradox’ is a pivotal feature of refugee politics in the Global North: In order to effectively claim and obtain refugee rights, refugees are forced to cross borders illegally because of the lack of legal entry options. As a result, access to refugee protection has become a controversial issue, and civil society initiatives have begun mobilizing people for safe passage and escape aid. This paper analyses a range of such practices in Ge…
Mapping domestic workers’ organizing globally
Domestic workers face challenges for organizing, e.g. decentralization of the workforce, nature of the employment relationship. This article analyses, based on a multiple country-comparison, how domestic workers organize despite constrictions. We identify three forms of organizing: the trade union model and the association model (Shireen Ally). We propose, though, an additional third model, the ‘hybrid type’: domestic workers organize ‘amongst th…
Eine figurationstheoretische Einordnung der Narrative zum Islam unter Engagierten, die sich für Geflüchtete einsetzen
Der Beitrag geht einer Irritation in Interviews zum Thema „Willkommenskultur“ und Flüchtlingsunterstützung auf den Grund: Obgleich nicht danach gefragt, war die Häufigkeit von Äußerungen zu Religion und insbesondere zum Islam und Gegenüberstellungen zum Christentum auf Seiten derjenigen, die Geflüchtete unterstützen, auffällig. Engagierte teilten ihre Gedanken zu Gefahren durch den Islam, zu stark gelebtem Glauben und eine Abkapselung von der Meh…
Political science (17 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (8 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Humanities (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (4 works) · Geography (4 works)