Recurrence, eruptions, and a transnational turn

Three decades of strained relations between migrants to Norway and the Child Welfare Services

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12569504
AutoresA Vassenden (0000-0002-4758-7318, University of Stavanger Dept. of Media and Social Sciences Stavanger Norway, autor correspondente), Gunn Vedøy (0000-0002-7463-6808, NLA University College Bergen Norway)
Ano2019
Volume24
Fascículo4
Páginas582-591
Data de publicação2019-03-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChild & Family Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/cfs.12639
OpenAlexW2921950455
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas18

The relations between the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS) and various migrant groups are notably strained. Numerous media accounts and a growing body of research reveal that many migrants to Norway fear the CWS. By combining quantitative and qualitative analyses of media accounts, this paper addresses the historical evolvement of such strained relations in Norway. Previous research has neglected this aspect. Findings show that migration issues related to the CWS have been topics of public debate in Norway for three decades, with foster care being a particularly intractable concern. With the onset of the decade beginning in 2010, however, matters have intensified and taken on transnational dimensions. In the discussion of our findings, we emphasize in particular how digital and social media have contributed to the recent changes

Norwegian · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Gender Studies · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Work Education and Practice