Author: Barbara Waldis
The social realities of elderly persons in Balkan-Swiss families have rarely been studied, in contrast to Italian or Spanish seniors in Switzerland. For the latter, different services are available, from mother-tongue counseling to Mediterranean wards in retirement homes. Due to the specific migration history between the Balkans and the Swiss
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Staatliche multikulturelle Politik bedeutet, der Vielfalt in der Bevölkerung in gesellschaftlichen, institutionellen und rechtlichen Kontexten Rechnung zu tragen. Das Beispiel von Mauritius eröffnet die Möglichkeit, eine differenzsensible Politik weiter zu denken und auf den spezifischen Auftrag der Sozialen Arbeit hinzuweisen. Alle staatlichen Gesellschaften sind im Grunde multikulturelle Konstruktionen, ebenso ist
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Caring for vulnerable kin, children and elderly parents plays an important role in transnational families. As addressed in the global care circulation concept, female migrants from the Global South taking care of children and elderly members of wealthy families solve a public problem privately. We slightly change the focus and
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