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Gender equity in the 90's - Swedish style
- Author:
- SHAVER Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy Research Centre Newsletter, 70, August 1998, pp.1, 4-6.
- Publisher:
- University of New South Wales. Social Policy Research Centre
The author spent the last year in Sweden at the Universities of Umea and Stockholm. In this article she discusses gender equity provisions in contemporary Swedish social policy.
German family policy at the crossroads: analysing the impact of parental leave reform through simulation
- Author:
- WUST Miriam
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 18(4), October 2009, pp.407-418.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article applies microsimulation using a type–case approach to investigate recent reforms of the German parental leave benefit. Simulation makes those reforms comparable over time and across countries. Results show that the profile of the German scheme is changing from 'general family' towards 'dual-earner' support. Furthermore, the recent reforms make the German scheme converge towards the Swedish leave scheme. The recent reforms introduce a new concept of fairness and a focus on gender equality to German family policies.
Equal opportunities, true options or hidden unemployment? A comparative market perspective on labour-market marginality
- Authors:
- MALMBERG-HEIMONEN Ira, JULKUNEN Ilse
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 11(2), April 2002, pp.120-131.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Previous studies have shown that women generally adjust to unemployment better than men. This study shows that young women value work equally as highly as men, and have negative feelings when unemployed, which indicates the existence of a closed gender gap. However, children have a different influence on men’s and women’s unemployment experiences. Being a parent increases job-search activity and work involvement among men. On the other hand, children moderate negative experiences of unemployment among women, and they decrease their job-search activity and work involvement. Being a parent increases labour-market marginality among young unemployed women. For young men it is a motivational factor for searching for and getting a job. The comparison shows furthermore that patterns of re-employment vary in the involved countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Scotland. They reflect differences in the overall unemployment situation in the countries and the welfare strategies applied.
‘It’s about gender equality and all that stuff…’: enacting policies on gender-based violence into everyday preventive work in rural Sweden
- Authors:
- NYHLEN Sara, GIRITLI-NYGREN Katarina
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 3(3), 2019, pp.355-371.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Drawing from the experiences gained from a research project focusing on gender-based violence (GBV) in rural Sweden, this paper focuses on how government policies aimed at addressing GBV against girls and young women are enacted, translated and contested at the regional and local level. In previous studies the regional level is seldom focused on, and very little is known of the connection between the local and regional levels. The paper is based on analysis of interviews with key policy actors at the regional and local levels, including school personnel. Departing from policy enactment combined with institutional ethnography, the paper explores how policies on GBV are translated into prevention activities, but also how the different actors enact the policy in relation to the institutional setting and professional role. The analysis also shows how the enactment is entangled in understandings of gender, race, equality and traditions. The analysis makes the different power relations visible, and the production of power in policy is better understood, as it highlights how some dimensions are given priority in relation to others. (Edited publisher abstract)
Disabled students’ experiences of higher education in Sweden, the Czech Republic, and the United States: a comparative institutional analysis
- Authors:
- BERGGREN Ulrika Jarkestig, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 31(3), 2016, pp.339-356.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Students with disabilities face obstacles in their encounters with higher education. The aim of this study is to investigate how the institutional context shapes students’ experiences of unequal opportunities in higher education. In comparing disabled students’ experiences from universities in Sweden, the Czech Republic, and the United States, the study makes visible the kind of experiences that students share and how experiences differ between these countries within the global context of higher education. The study has shown that students’ possibilities for equal participation are shaped by the institutional context that is based on medical diagnosis and compensation for an inaccessible education. (Publisher abstract)
Experiences of participation in a Swedish society among adults with cerebral palsy or spina bifida: involvement and challenges
- Authors:
- TORNBOM Karin, TORNBOM Marie, SUNNERHAGEN Stibrant
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 12(4), 2013, pp.256-271.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Participation in society is vital to mental health and is beneficial to individuals and society. The goal of this study was to provide insight into how people with cerebral palsy and spina bifida view their experiences of participation and to examine factors that might influence this issue. The results show that participants emphasised the importance of being accepted and treated equally. Living independently and being able to play an active and leading role in their lives was also essential. Participation was described as a process of interaction between a person and society, with mutual responsibility in respect to integration. (Publisher abstract)
From glass escalator to glass travelator: on the proportion of men in managerial positions in social work in Sweden
- Author:
- KULLBERG Karin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 43(8), 2013, pp.1492-1509.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The proportion of men at senior management level in social work in Sweden, especially in social services, is explored based on three sources: questionnaires to all men who graduated in social work at Lund University, Sweden 1980–85 and 1993–2003, qualitative interviews with male social workers and secondary statistics on leadership in municipalities. The questionnaires revealed that the 1980s group were managers to a greater extent than the 1990s group. This finding is consistent with official statistics that show an essential decrease in the proportion of men in senior management in social services. Three reasons for this are found. First, the interviewees emerge as the new man to whom family is more important than gainful employment and work content more important than income. Second, due to new management working conditions for managers have deteriorated. The third reason is new kinds of careers. Instead of a vertical career male social workers can choose a horizontal career and thereby increase their professionalism. (Publisher abstract)
Opportunity and solidarity
- Author:
- TAYLOR-GOOBY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 40(3), July 2011, pp.453-470.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
European welfare states have developed a range of services designed to meet the social risks encountered in the normal life-course such as unemployment, sickness, education for children, with some expenditure on benefits to reduce poverty. The main themes are security and redistribution. However, there has been a recent restructuring of provision across European welfare states which emphasise proactivity, individual responsibility, and access to opportunities. This article considers whether the development of these more individualist approaches risks damaging the support for collective provision on which the welfare state rests. The study uses data from the 2008 round of the European Social Survey regarding aspects of welfare and social provision and attitudes to governance, to compare attitudes in 3 countries: Sweden, Germany and the UK. The findings suggest that the new opportunity-centred approaches in social policy can provide a basis for trust and solidarity just as much as the security and equality approach. However, there also needs to be a corresponding proactivity of government to secure good access to more equal opportunities for vulnerable groups to support individual proactivity in grasping opportunities.
Report on the employment of disabled people in European countries: Sweden
- Author:
- DANERMARK Berth
- Publisher:
- Academic Network of European Disability Experts
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 13p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Utrecht
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
The Academic Network of European Disability (ANED) was established by the European Commission in 2008 to provide scientific support and advice for its disability policy Unit. In particular, the activities of the Network will support the future development of the EU Disability Action Plan and practical implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled People. This country report for Sweden has been prepared as input for the Thematic report on the implementation of EU Employment Strategy in European countries with reference to equality for disabled people. The purpose of the report is to review national implementation of the European Employment Strategy from a disability equality perspective, and to provide the Commission with useful evidence in support of disability policy mainstreaming. More specifically, the report will review implementation of EU Employment Strategy and the PROGRESS initiative with reference to policy implementation evidence from European countries, including the strategies addressed in the EU Disability Action Plan.
Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia: the limits of political ambition?
- Editors:
- MELBY Kari, RAVN Anna-Birte, WETTERBERG Christina Carlsson, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 244p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Gender equality is often seen as a hallmark of the Nordic countries. This book explores this notion by examining the meanings of gender that underpin policies in the Scandinavian welfare states, historically and today. The book focuses on three Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - and explores the policy reforms that have occurred relating to family and care. Beginning with the radical marriage reform carried through in all the three countries in the early decades of the 20th century, the book progresses to explore contemporary challenges to the traditional model of equality, including equal rights for fathers, multiculturalism and a critical young generation. The book focuses on differences as well as similarities between the countries and discusses the relevance of talking about a Nordic model. Stressing the importance of viewing the concept of equality in its historical context, the book critically investigates and discusses the Scandinavian 'success story' portrayed in normative political theory and presents an historical analysis of the development of gendered citizenship rights.