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Tak över huvudet - tillräckligt för en skälig levnadsnivå?

Holgersson, Ida LU and Larsson, Kajsa LU (2021) SOPA63 20211
School of Social Work
Abstract
It is described in the preparatory work of the Social Services Act that a reasonable standard of living should be based on the prevailing conditions under which the individual lives. Because there is no specified description of the phrase, this entails interpretability of the phrase and therefore uncertainty about what it infers. The purpose of this study is to analyse the representation of the phrase “a reasonable standard of living” concerning individuals' housing situation in court decisions regarding housing aid as per chapter 4 §1 the Social Services Act. Making use of a qualitative discourse analysis, by analysing public legal documents, this thesis aims to shed light on various current discourses and what effect the different... (More)
It is described in the preparatory work of the Social Services Act that a reasonable standard of living should be based on the prevailing conditions under which the individual lives. Because there is no specified description of the phrase, this entails interpretability of the phrase and therefore uncertainty about what it infers. The purpose of this study is to analyse the representation of the phrase “a reasonable standard of living” concerning individuals' housing situation in court decisions regarding housing aid as per chapter 4 §1 the Social Services Act. Making use of a qualitative discourse analysis, by analysing public legal documents, this thesis aims to shed light on various current discourses and what effect the different judgements by the authorities have on these discourses. To accomplish this, this study is based on 26 verdicts by the administrative Court of Appeal (Kammarrätten) during the years 2017-2021, involving a description of whether the individual has attained a reasonable standard of living. The main results of this study show two overarching discourses, (1) a temporary housing solution achieves a reasonable standard of living and (2) the responsibility to solve the housing situation lies primarily with the individual himself. The study also displays that the phrase is very much interpretable and not always completely unambiguous. (Less)
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author
Holgersson, Ida LU and Larsson, Kajsa LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Reasonable standard of living, discourse theory, housing aid, the Social Services Act
language
Swedish
id
9051174
date added to LUP
2021-06-11 11:13:06
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2021-06-11 11:13:06
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  abstract     = {{It is described in the preparatory work of the Social Services Act that a reasonable standard of living should be based on the prevailing conditions under which the individual lives. Because there is no specified description of the phrase, this entails interpretability of the phrase and therefore uncertainty about what it infers. The purpose of this study is to analyse the representation of the phrase “a reasonable standard of living” concerning individuals' housing situation in court decisions regarding housing aid as per chapter 4 §1 the Social Services Act. Making use of a qualitative discourse analysis, by analysing public legal documents, this thesis aims to shed light on various current discourses and what effect the different judgements by the authorities have on these discourses. To accomplish this, this study is based on 26 verdicts by the administrative Court of Appeal (Kammarrätten) during the years 2017-2021, involving a description of whether the individual has attained a reasonable standard of living. The main results of this study show two overarching discourses, (1) a temporary housing solution achieves a reasonable standard of living and (2) the responsibility to solve the housing situation lies primarily with the individual himself. The study also displays that the phrase is very much interpretable and not always completely unambiguous.}},
  author       = {{Holgersson, Ida and Larsson, Kajsa}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Tak över huvudet - tillräckligt för en skälig levnadsnivå?}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}