276 research outputs found

    The Advent of Child Rights on the International Scene and the Role of the Save the Children International Union 1920-45

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    The Save the Children International Union (SCIU) was founded in 1920 in Geneva by the Save the Children Fund of London in cooperation with the ComitĂ© International de Secours aux Enfants of Bern. This philanthropic organization was created in the interwar context. The Declaration of Children's Rights, written in 1923 by the Union, is certainly the most important work of the SCIU. Adopted in 1924 by the General Assembly of the League of Nations, this statement marks the entry of the child into international relations. Moreover, the Declaration reveals the evolving legal status of the child. At times an innocent victim, at other times perceived as an "abnormality”, the notion of childhood is in constant evolution. What this stage of life really represents depends on the way it is viewed by society, by politics, by institutions and organizations, et

    Travailleurs Étrangers sur le MarchĂ© du Travail Suisse: Quels Modes D'incorporation?

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    This article deals with the opportunities foreign workers have to participate in the job market on an equal footing in the state in which they reside. Using Switzerland as an example, we will pay particular attention to the possibility or not for qualified foreign workers to transfer their cultural capital (Bourdieu, La distinction. Critique sociale du jugement, Paris: Minuit, 1979) from their home to their new country, in other words to perform a job matching their level of training and which enables them to emphasize the professional qualification obtained in the pas

    Reflexiones sobre la perspectiva intercultural a partir de la figura del extranjero

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    QuĂš significa Ă©sser estranger? Quins sĂłn els mecanismes que s’articulen perquĂš una persona es percebi a si mateixa, o sigui percebuda pels altres, com a estrangera? Com es pot deixar de ser estranger? Respondre aquestes preguntes de manera explĂ­cita pot ajudar a aprofundir els posicionaments i els lĂ­mits que suposa la perspectiva intercultural. Aquest article s’interessa per aquestes qĂŒestions tot fonamentant-se en els treballs de quatre autors, provinents de la sociologia, perĂČ que es caracteritzen per la seva obertura interdisciplinĂ ria: Alfred Schutz, Georges Simmel, Norbert Elias i Abdelmalek Sayad.What does it mean to be a foreigner? What mechanisms are articulated for in order for a person to perceive herself, or be perceived by others, as a foreigner? How can you stop being a foreigner? Answering these questions ex -plicitly can help us deepen our understanding of the positions and limits that make up an intercultural perspective. This paper addresses these issues by drawing on the work of four authors from the field of sociology who are characterized by their interdisciplinary openness: Alfred Schutz, George Simmel, Norbert Elias and Abdelmalek Sayad.ÂżQuĂ© significa ser extranjero? ÂżCuĂĄles son los mecanismos que se articulan para que una persona se perciba a sĂ­ misma, o sea percibida por los demĂĄs, como extranjera? ÂżCĂłmose puede dejar de ser extranjero? Responder a estas preguntas de manera explĂ­cita puede ayudar a profundizar los posicionamientos y los lĂ­mites que supone la perspectivaintercultural. Este artĂ­culo se interesa por estas cuestiones apoyĂĄndose en los trabajos de cuatro autores, procedentes de la sociologĂ­a, pero que se caracterizan por su apertura interdisciplinaria: Alfred Schutz, Georges Simmel, Norbert Elias y Abdelmalek Sayad

    Au-delà des injonctions, un autre paradigme de l'insertion: focus sur les pratiques alternatives d'une mesure pour les jeunes : travail effectué dans le cadre de l'obtention du Bachelor of arts HES-SO en travail social à la Haute école de travail social de GenÚve

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    Ce travail de Bachelor a Ă©tĂ© distinguĂ© par le Prix 2014 de la Fondation Qualife pour l’insertion des jeunes et jeunes adultes en difficultĂ©. La question de l’insertion des jeunes a Ă©tĂ© problĂ©matisĂ©e dans les annĂ©es 90, dans un contexte de montĂ©e du chĂŽmage, de prĂ©carisation des conditions de travail et de hausse du niveau d’accĂšs Ă  la formation professionnelle. Elle s’est progressivement institutionnalisĂ©e en lien avec l’augmentation corrĂ©lative des jeunes Ă  l’aide sociale. La notion d’insertion est socialement construite et participe d’une certaine vision du monde au mĂȘme titre que les politiques, les discours et les pratiques d’insertion. Ainsi, la plupart des mesures pour les jeunes privilĂ©gient des pratiques relativement standardisĂ©es. Elles prĂŽnent des logiques d’activation et de mobilisation individuelle avec, au centre, un accompagnement individualisĂ© visant l’élaboration d’un projet « rĂ©aliste » et la production d’un individu flexible et autonome dans une perspective d’adaptabilitĂ© Ă  l’emploi, vecteur incontournable d’insertion. La mesure Ă  laquelle j’ai choisi de m’intĂ©resser s’éloigne assez radicalement des injonctions sociĂ©tales, tant dans sa conception de l’insertion que dans ses pratiques. Deux entretiens de groupe, l’un avec les animateurs, l’autre avec les jeunes m’ont permis d’analyser les conceptions et les impacts de ces pratiques alternatives, Ă  l'aune des modĂšles normatifs en vigueur et des modĂšles thĂ©oriques sur lesquelles elles se fondent. Mon travail a pour intention de mettre en valeur une autre maniĂšre ’envisager l’insertion qui rĂ©affirme la primautĂ© du lien, rĂ©habilite les fondements du travail social et rĂ©invente des formes de crĂ©ativitĂ© dans un champ de l’insertion qui tend Ă  l’uniformisation des maniĂšres de penser et de travailler

    Quels liens entre recherche et travail social ?

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    La question des liens possibles entre recherche et travail social fait dĂ©bat, notamment dans le monde francophone. Ainsi, lors de la ConfĂ©rence de consensus qui a eu lieu en France en 2012, il Ă©tait question de savoir si l’on devait dĂ©velopper la recherche « dans, sur ou en travail social » (Jaeger & Mispelblom Beyer, 2014), comme s’il s’agissait de positions exclusives et inconciliables. Dans le mĂȘme sens, il m’est arrivĂ© aussi de rencontrer des collĂšgues pour qui la seule recherche lĂ©gitime..

    Situating Children of Migrants across Borders and Origins: : A Methodological Overview

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    This open access wide-ranging collation of papers examines a host of issues in studying second-generation immigrants, their life courses, and their relations with older generations. Tightly focused on methodological aspects, both quantitative and qualitative, the volume features the work of authors from numerous countries, from differing disciplines, and approaches. A key addition in a corpus of literature which has until now been restricted to studying the childhood, adolescence and youth of the children of immigrants, the material includes analysis of longitudinal and transnational efforts to address challenges such as defining the population to be studied, and the difficulties of follow-up research that spans both time and geographic space. In addition to perceptive reviews of extant literature, chapters also detail work in surveying the children of immigrants in Europe, the USA, and elsewhere. Authors address key questions such as the complexities of surveying each generation in families where parents have migrated and left children in their country of origin, and the epistemological advances in methodology which now challenge assumptions based on the Westphalian nation-state paradigm. The book is in part an outgrowth of temporal factors (immigrants’ children are now reaching adulthood in more significant numbers), but also reflects the added sophistication and sensitivity of social science surveys. In linking theoretical and methodological factors, it shows just how much the study of these second generations, and their families, can be enriched by evolving methodologies
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