14.03.2019 , in ((Politics))
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Etienne Piguet
L’accueil de personnes réfugiées peut se révéler très positif à long terme pour une société sur le plan démographique et économique, mais il est très coûteux pour l’Etat social durant les premières années de séjour et suscite de violents débats politiques. Au cours des dernières décennies, les pays d’Europe ont
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06.03.2019 , in ((Bodies and Spaces in Times of Crisis, Experiences, Social Work))
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Barbara Waldis and Amel Mahfoudh
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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20.02.2019 , in ((Bodies and Spaces in Times of Crisis, Politics, Social Work))
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Esteban Piñeiro
Der politische Begriff der Integration lässt Ausländerinnen und Ausländer als besonders integrationsbedürftig erscheinen. Soziale Probleme werden ethnisiert und strukturelle Benachteiligungen verwischt. Dabei bedient sich die offizielle Integrationspolitik einer undurchschaubaren Vielfalt an Unterscheidungen, die sie unverbindlich und unberechenbar werden lässt. Anstelle der heutigen Integrationspolitik sollte eine Politik der echten Anerkennung treten.
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07.12.2018 , in ((Bodies and Spaces in Times of Crisis, Politics, Skills and Migration))
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Huey Shy Chau
A new market for home care has emerged in Switzerland, fostered by the free movement of workers. Private care agencies recruit women from lower-wage countries and place them in private households for elderly care. The women usually work for a few weeks or months at a time and commute between
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03.05.2018 , in ((Experiences))
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Katrin Sontag and Adi Hercowitz-Amir
While building a wall between the United States and Mexico is a dominant media topic, the border is already fortified in many places. Art and graffiti, reminiscent of the Berlin wall, is expressing the mourning of the dead and reminding the observers of freedom and peace in Tijuana – a walk at its most Western edge.
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