Policies in Municipal Public Services and Migration to Norway

Today, approximately 15% of the total Norwegian population of 5 million are immigrants, and this number is growing. This article investigates how public social service institutions and local policies are challenged by the new realities of migration and how they attempt to meet them in Norway, by id...

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Autores principales:	Brita Gjerstad, Øystein Lund Johannessen, Svein Ingve Nødland, Geir Skeie, Gunn Vedøy
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2015
Materias:	Norway Migration Public Services Law K Political science J
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/a8ca37a48d664bd190578db43ccce0ad
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a8ca37a48d664bd190578db43ccce0ad2021-11-27T13:15:03ZPolicies in Municipal Public Services and Migration to Norway10.12797/Politeja.12.2015.31_2.111733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/a8ca37a48d664bd190578db43ccce0ad2015-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/2476https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 Today, approximately 15% of the total Norwegian population of 5 million are immigrants, and this number is growing. This article investigates how public social service institutions and local policies are challenged by the new realities of migration and how they attempt to meet them in Norway, by identifying and discussing tensions between policies and practices. The article exemplifies these tensions through focusing on the Education sector and the Health and Care sector, and their respective treatment of two groups, labour migrants and refugees. Interviews were conducted with immigrants and public service providers in three municipalities. In the analysis of various white papers on migration and integration issues, we use the concepts of group pluralism and individual pluralism as analytical tools. In the empirical analysis, we have searched for critical issues arising in the relationship between providers and receivers of services. We find that when national policies meet practice at the municipal level, the municipal context and economic incentives are important factors. Other central aspects include the history, traditions and functions of the social service institutions that are responsible for carrying out national policies at the municipal level. Here, the main professional bodies appear to exercise their own particular logic in regards to the integration and inclusion of migrants into the Norwegian society. Brita GjerstadØystein Lund JohannessenSvein Ingve NødlandGeir SkeieGunn VedøyKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleNorwayMigrationPublic ServicesLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 12, Iss 8 (31/2) (2015)
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description	Today, approximately 15% of the total Norwegian population of 5 million are immigrants, and this number is growing. This article investigates how public social service institutions and local policies are challenged by the new realities of migration and how they attempt to meet them in Norway, by identifying and discussing tensions between policies and practices. The article exemplifies these tensions through focusing on the Education sector and the Health and Care sector, and their respective treatment of two groups, labour migrants and refugees. Interviews were conducted with immigrants and public service providers in three municipalities. In the analysis of various white papers on migration and integration issues, we use the concepts of group pluralism and individual pluralism as analytical tools. In the empirical analysis, we have searched for critical issues arising in the relationship between providers and receivers of services. We find that when national policies meet practice at the municipal level, the municipal context and economic incentives are important factors. Other central aspects include the history, traditions and functions of the social service institutions that are responsible for carrying out national policies at the municipal level. Here, the main professional bodies appear to exercise their own particular logic in regards to the integration and inclusion of migrants into the Norwegian society.
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title	Policies in Municipal Public Services and Migration to Norway
title_short	Policies in Municipal Public Services and Migration to Norway
title_full	Policies in Municipal Public Services and Migration to Norway
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title_full_unstemmed	Policies in Municipal Public Services and Migration to Norway
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publisher	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
publishDate	2015
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