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En studie om stigma och skam i det ekonomiska biståndet

Govender, Lagunathan LU (2014) SOPA63 20141
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of this research has been to examine how social workers in the field of social assistance view and relate to the phenomena of stigma and shame. Shame being a common experience among welfare recipients, knowledge of how administrators of welfare perceive and respond to their clients’ feelings of shame has been sought. Employing a qualitative approach, six interviews were conducted in two municipalities in southern Sweden. The interviewees expressed a variety of different experiences, perceptions and possessed numerous strategies in responding to emotions of shame held by clients. The predominant understanding proved to be that shame among recipients is marginal. Furthermore, several social workers themselves admitted to the... (More)
The aim of this research has been to examine how social workers in the field of social assistance view and relate to the phenomena of stigma and shame. Shame being a common experience among welfare recipients, knowledge of how administrators of welfare perceive and respond to their clients’ feelings of shame has been sought. Employing a qualitative approach, six interviews were conducted in two municipalities in southern Sweden. The interviewees expressed a variety of different experiences, perceptions and possessed numerous strategies in responding to emotions of shame held by clients. The predominant understanding proved to be that shame among recipients is marginal. Furthermore, several social workers themselves admitted to the experience of shame. Using the theoretical concepts of stigma from the works of Erving Goffman, Richard Titmuss and Paul Spicker, the analysis seeks to understand the dynamics of stigma in the interaction between social worker and client. (Less)
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author
Govender, Lagunathan LU
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organization
alternative title
A Study About Stigma and Shame in Social Welfare
course
SOPA63 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
social assistance, welfare, stigma, shame, welfare shame
language
Swedish
id
4463584
date added to LUP
2014-06-12 08:52:51
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2014-06-12 08:52:51
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this research has been to examine how social workers in the field of social assistance view and relate to the phenomena of stigma and shame. Shame being a common experience among welfare recipients, knowledge of how administrators of welfare perceive and respond to their clients’ feelings of shame has been sought. Employing a qualitative approach, six interviews were conducted in two municipalities in southern Sweden. The interviewees expressed a variety of different experiences, perceptions and possessed numerous strategies in responding to emotions of shame held by clients. The predominant understanding proved to be that shame among recipients is marginal. Furthermore, several social workers themselves admitted to the experience of shame. Using the theoretical concepts of stigma from the works of Erving Goffman, Richard Titmuss and Paul Spicker, the analysis seeks to understand the dynamics of stigma in the interaction between social worker and client.}},
  author       = {{Govender, Lagunathan}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{En studie om stigma och skam i det ekonomiska biståndet}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}