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Upplevelser av integration : En uppsats om immigranters perspektiv på integration relaterat till deltagande i arbetsmarknadsinsats

Jansson, Cecilia LU (2019) SOAM21 20182
School of Social Work
Abstract
This study’s purpose was to gather Swedish immigrants’ stories about integration connected to the labour market. The data was gathered through ten semi-structured interviews with immigrants participating in labour market activity. To interpret them Honneth’s theory about recognition were mainly used, but also an intersectional perspective to understand the difference within the group. The conclusion conducts that language knowledge and work are the main factors mentioned by the immigrants as important for their integration process. The immigrants also expressed that they were met with different obstacles on their way to achieve work and language knowledge, such as a discriminating labour market and “swedes” reserved behaviour. These... (More)
This study’s purpose was to gather Swedish immigrants’ stories about integration connected to the labour market. The data was gathered through ten semi-structured interviews with immigrants participating in labour market activity. To interpret them Honneth’s theory about recognition were mainly used, but also an intersectional perspective to understand the difference within the group. The conclusion conducts that language knowledge and work are the main factors mentioned by the immigrants as important for their integration process. The immigrants also expressed that they were met with different obstacles on their way to achieve work and language knowledge, such as a discriminating labour market and “swedes” reserved behaviour. These obstacles also changed their career goals after migrating to Sweden. The labour market activity helped in some ways their integration process, but there were also signs that it could be short-term solutions. (Less)
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author
Jansson, Cecilia LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOAM21 20182
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
integration, labour market activity, recognition, Honneth, intersectionality
language
Swedish
id
8995792
date added to LUP
2019-09-30 09:07:50
date last changed
2019-09-30 09:07:50
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  abstract     = {{This study’s purpose was to gather Swedish immigrants’ stories about integration connected to the labour market. The data was gathered through ten semi-structured interviews with immigrants participating in labour market activity. To interpret them Honneth’s theory about recognition were mainly used, but also an intersectional perspective to understand the difference within the group. The conclusion conducts that language knowledge and work are the main factors mentioned by the immigrants as important for their integration process. The immigrants also expressed that they were met with different obstacles on their way to achieve work and language knowledge, such as a discriminating labour market and “swedes” reserved behaviour. These obstacles also changed their career goals after migrating to Sweden. The labour market activity helped in some ways their integration process, but there were also signs that it could be short-term solutions.}},
  author       = {{Jansson, Cecilia}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Upplevelser av integration : En uppsats om immigranters perspektiv på integration relaterat till deltagande i arbetsmarknadsinsats}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}