Izkušnje migrantk v Sloveniji pred in po njeni osamosvojitvi

The author compares, using qualitative interviews with female migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina of Bosniak ethnic background, the experiences of migrants coming to Slovenia before its independence and those coming after the break-up of the common Yugoslav state. She assumes that the creation of a sovereign Slovenian nation-state and the process of Slovenia’s accession towards the European Union, have contributed to an increasing insecurity and vulnerability of female migrants from third-countries. The interviews speak in favour of the assumption that existing migration regimes in Slovenia point to an increasingly restrictive migration policy.Avtorica z uporabo kvalitativnih intervjujev z migrantkami iz Bosne in Hercegovine bošnjaške etnične pripadnosti primerja izkušnje migrantk, ki so v Slovenijo prišle pred njeno osamosvojitvijo, in tistih, ki so prišle po razpadu skupne jugoslovanske države. Domneva, da sta oblikovanje suverene slovenske nacionalne države in proces vključevanja Slovenije v Evropsko unijo prispevala k naraščajoči negotovosti in ranljivosti migrantk iz t.i. tretjih držav. Pogovori potrjujejo domnevo, da obstoječi migracijski režimi kažejo na vedno večjo restriktivnost migracijskih politik v Sloveniji

Vloga etničnosti v kvalitativnih raziskavah migracij

In contemporary social science research, researchers largely perceive ethnic groups as a result of a process of boundary making rather than a taken for granted part of our world. However, in methodological terms, researchers often still see ethnicity as imposed on the research process rather than as constructed throughout it. Using personal experience from several research projects, the author first presents the role of ethnic belonging in her research. She then identifies other factors as crucial in negotiating her insider/outsider status in the “field”. The author shows that the researcher’s insider/outsider status is not a fixed category, but is rather negotiated in the research process, depending on the researcher’s multiple and shifting positionalities. Drawing on the critique of methodological nationalism and on the theories of transnationalism in the social sciences and the humanities, she discusses the recent transformations of research designs in qualitative migration research and argues for more de-ethnicised research on migration. On this basis, she calls for migration research beyond locally bounded research sites.U suvremenim istraživanjima u društvenim znanostima istraživači percipiraju etničke skupine uglavnom kao posljedicu postavljanja granica među njima, a ne kao dio svijeta razumljiv sam po sebi. Ipak, u metodološkom smislu etničnost još uvijek vide kao izvana nametnutu istraživačkom procesu, a ne kao kroz njega konstruiranu. Na temelju osobnog iskustva iz nekoliko znanstvenih projekata autorica najprije govori o ulozi etničke pripadnosti u svom istraživanju te potom određuje druge faktore koji su se pokazali značajnima u (pre)oblikovanju njezina statusa insajdera odnosno autsajdera u proučavanim skupinama. Autorica upozorava da taj status nije fiksna kategorija, nego se o njemu pregovara u istraživačkom procesu, ovisno o istraživačevim višestrukim i promjenjivim pozicioniranjima. Oslanjajući se na kritiku metodološkog nacionalizma i na teorije transnacionalizma u društvenim i humanističkim znanostima, autorica raspravlja o suvremenim transformacijama nacrta istraživanja u kvalitativnim migracijskim istraživanjima i zalaže se za više deetnicizirano istraživanja migracija. Na temelju toga zagovara istraživanje migracija izvan isključivo lokalno ograničenih istraživanja mjesta.V sodobnem družboslovnem raziskovanju raziskovalci etnične skupine prevladujoče razumejo kot rezultat procesa razmejevanja med različnimi etničnimi skupinami in ne kot samoumeven del sveta. Vendar v metodološkem smislu etničnost še vedno vidijo kot zunanjo raziskovalnemu procesu in ne kot konstruirano skozi le-tega. Na podlagi osebnih izkušenj iz različnih raziskovalnih projektov avtorica najprej predstavi vlogo etnične pripadnosti v svojem raziskovanju. V nadaljevanju predstavi druge dejavnike, ki so se na terenu pokazali kot pomembni pri (pre)oblikovanju njenega statusa insiderke oziroma outsiderke med proučevanimi skupinami. Avtorica pokaže, da ta status ni statična kategorija, temveč je del pogajanj v raziskovalnem procesu in je odvisen od raziskovalčevih mnogoterih in spreminjajočih se pozicij. Na podlagi kritike metodološkega nacionalizma in teorij transnacionalnosti v družboslovnih kot tudi v humanističnih znanostih, obravnava nedavne spremembe raziskovalnih načrtov v kvalitativnem raziskovanju migracij. Zavzema se za raziskovanje migracij, ki ne bo prevladujoče temeljilo na etnični pripadnosti migrantov in bo segalo preko zgolj lokalno določenih raziskovalnih lokacij

Contestable Demographic Reasoning Regarding Labour Mobility and Migration

Besedilo ponuja pregled vprašljivega demografskega umovanja migracij in mobilnosti, ki še vedno vztraja pri ideji nacionalnega prebivalstva kot zaprtega in zamejenega sistema. Čeprav je svobodno gibanje ljudi med temeljnimi načeli Evropske unije, je njihova mobilnost selektivna in na različne načine omejena. Na podlagi izbranih raziskav delovne mobilnosti in delovnih migracij v Evropski uniji avtorici potrjujeta, da delovne mobilnosti in migracije politike še vedno razporejajo kot bolj ali manj upravičene do gibanja čez meje nacionalnih držav Evropske unije.The essay provides a review of contestable demographic reasoning applied in relation to migration and mobility, in which the notion of the national population as a closed and bounded system still persists. Although free movement of people has been enshrined as one of the fundamental principles of the European Union, their mobility within it remains selective and curtailed in various ways. Drawing on selec­ted studies of labour mobility and migration within the European Union, the authors argue that labour mobility and migration policies continue to categorise people as either more or less entitled to move across the European Union’s internal borders

Spol in migracija

The theoretical part of the monograph (' Gender and migration: experiences of women as actors of migration') is based on researching the meaning of gender for understanding migration processes and their classifications. By analysing established approaches in migration and related studies the author shows that the definition of the term migrant is related to processed of inclusion as well as exclusion. Through life-stories of female migrants the author tries to explain the wider social context of migration, which, despite the rise of qualitative migration studies in the last two decades, is still lacking in established approaches to migration. The main focus of research is on experiences and perspectives of female migrants. By combining theoretical and epistemological approaches in migration studies as well as in women and gender studies, the monograph contributes to enriching knowledge in both fields.Izhodišče teoretičnega dela monografije je raziskovanje pomena spola za razumevanje migracijskih procesov in njihovih različnih klasifikacij. Z analizo uveljavljenih pristopov migracijskih in sorodnih študij avtorica pokaže, da je že sama definicija pojma migrant proces, ki vključuje procese vključevanja kot tudi izključevanja. S pomočjo analize življenjskih zgodb migrantk avtorica skuša v monografiji pojasniti širše družbene okoliščine migracije, kar je še vedno, navkljub porastu števila kvalitativnih študij na področju migracijske teorije v zadnjih dveh desetletjih, manko bolj uveljavljenih pristopov. Prednost raziskave je v tem, da je temeljni poudarek na izkušnjah in perspektivah migrantk samih. Z združitvijo teoretičnih in epistemoloških izhodišč tako na področju migracijskih študij kot ženskih študij oziroma študij spolov pa besedilo prispeva k obogatitvi vednosti na obeh področjih

Priročnik za obvladovanje psihosocialnih tveganj in absentizma s pomočjo orodja e-OPSA

A handbook for managing psychosocial risks and absenteeism with e-OPSA tool' is an integral part of the new, freely available tool aimed at management of psychosocial risks and health-related absenteeism (e-OPSA~www.opsa.si). An adapted version of e-OPSA for employed in the selected activities of the public sector (public administration, municipalities, courts, public agencies, ministries, etc.). Besides introducing the problem of psychosocial burdens experienced by employees at their workplace and beyond, this handbook can be used as a useful instrument for designing a various promotional and preventive arrangements which bettering employees’ health and well-being in their working settings, as suggested by recent guidelines for psychosocial risks management. A handbook is based on interactive chapters, including also numerous links to supportive health promotion websites in order to facilitate the preparation of adequate measures and related activities, commonly carried out by professionals in the field of health and safety at work. A special chapter is dedicated to instructions for working with an online e-OPSA tool, enabling an assessment of employees’ psychosocial burdens and risks of developing an excessive stress, absenteeism, presenteeism, turnover and experiencing of workplace violence.Prilagojena različica e-OPSA je namenjena zaposlenim v izbranih dejavnostih javnega sektorja ((javna in državna uprava, lokalna samouprava, nekateri javni zavodi in agencije). Priročnik je poleg tega, da seznanja uporabnike s problematiko psihosocialnih obremenitev, ki jih doživljajo zaposleni tako v svojem delovnem okolju kot izven njega, tudi uporaben pripomoček pri oblikovanju različnih preventivno promocijskih ukrepov, usmerjenih v izboljševanje zdravja zaposlenih in njihovega počutja v delovnem okolju. Osnovan je na interaktivnih poglavjih in vključuje tudi povezave do uporabnih spletnih strani iz področja promocije zdravja, ki olajšajo strokovnjakom za zdravje in varnost pri delu pripravo ustreznih ukrepov ter z njimi povezanih dejavnosti, kot jih narekujejo sodobne smernice na področju obvladovanja psihosocialnih tveganj. Posebno poglavje priročnika je namenjeno navodilom za delo s spletnim orodjem e- OPSA, s pomočjo katerega se izdela ocena psihosocialnih obremenitev zaposlenih in tveganja za razvoj prekomernega stresa, absentizma, prezentizma, fluktuacije ter izpostavljenosti nasilju na delovnem mestu

Priročnik za obvladovanje psihosocialnih tveganj in absentizma s pomočjo orodja e-OPSA

A handbook for managing psychosocial risks and absenteeism with e-OPSA tool' is an integral part of the new, freely available tool aimed at management of psychosocial risks and health-related absenteeism (e-OPSA~www.opsa.si). An adapted version of e-OPSA for employed in the health and social sector (hospitals, health care centres, homes for elderly people, centres for social work, residential care institutions, etc.). Besides introducing the problem of psychosocial burdens experienced by employees at their workplace and beyond, this handbook can be used as a useful instrument for designing a various promotional and preventive arrangements which bettering employees’ health and well-being in their working settings, as suggested by recent guidelines for psychosocial risks management. A handbook is based on interactive chapters, including also numerous links to supportive health promotion websites in order to facilitate the preparation of adequate measures and related activities, commonly carried out by professionals in the field of health and safety at work. A special chapter is dedicated to instructions for working with an online tool e-OPSA tool, enabling an assessment of employees’ psychosocial burdens and risks of developing an excessive stress, absenteeism, presenteeism, turnover and experiencing of workplace violence.Prilagojena različica e-OPSA za dejavnosti zdravstvenega in socialnega sektorja je namenjena zaposlenim v zdravstveno socialnih dejavnostih (bolnišnice, zdravstveni domovi, domovi za ostarele, centri za socialno delo, vzgojno-varstveni ipd. zavodi). Priročnik je poleg tega, da seznanja uporabnike s problematiko psihosocialnih obremenitev, ki jih doživljajo zaposleni tako v svojem delovnem okolju kot izven njega, uporaben pripomoček pri oblikovanju različnih preventivno promocijskih ukrepov, usmerjenih v izboljševanje zdravja zaposlenih in njihovega počutja v delovnem okolju. Osnovan je na interaktivnih poglavjih in vključuje povezave do uporabnih spletnih strani iz področja promocije zdravja, ki olajšajo strokovnjakom za zdravje in varnost pri delu pripravo ustreznih ukrepov ter z njimi povezanih dejavnosti, kot jih narekujejo sodobne smernice na področju obvladovanja psihosocialnih tveganj. Posebno poglavje priročnika je namenjeno navodilom za delo s spletnim orodjem e- OPSA, s pomočjo katerega se izdela ocena psihosocialnih obremenitev zaposlenih in tveganja za razvoj prekomernega stresa, absentizma, prezentizma, fluktuacije ter izpostavljenosti nasilju na delovnem mestu

Contemporary Migration Trends and Flows on the Territory of Southeast Europe

This edited volume tackles different topics con­cerning old/new conceptual, methodological and theoretical dilemmas in migra­tion studies. Papers written by ethnologists and cultural anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, and others are brought together in order to gain a better understanding of the social, economic, political, cultural and other processes connected with migration in modern European societies. While some of the papers focus on migration processes, others dwell on post-migration phenom­ena and migrants’ livelihoods in their places of immigration. Nineteen authors participated in writing thirteen papers, divided in four interrelated sections.&nbsp

The Role of Ethnicity in Qualitative Migration Research

In contemporary social science research, researchers largely perceive ethnic groups as a result of a process of boundary making rather than a taken for granted part of our world. However, in methodological terms, researchers often still see ethnicity as imposed on the research process rather than as constructed throughout it. Using personal experience from several research projects, the author first presents the role of ethnic belonging in her research. She then identifies other factors as crucial in negotiating her insider/outsider status in the “field”. The author shows that the researcher’s insider/outsider status is not a fixed category, but is rather negotiated in the research process, depending on the researcher’s multiple and shifting positionalities. Drawing on the critique of methodological nationalism and on the theories of transnationalism in the social sciences and the humanities, she discusses the recent transformations of research designs in qualitative migration research and argues for more de-ethnicised research on migration. On this basis, she calls for migration research beyond locally bounded research sites

Rojstva in samomori v Sloveniji skozi tri desetletja (1971–2001)

In Slovenia, quite a few researchers have studied fertility and suicide, but rarely have the connections between both phenomena been made. The author aims to overcome simplified explanations of falling fertility and rising suicide rates by studying population dynamics as a socially relevant issue both at the Slovenian as well as the global level. She studies fertility and suicide by focusing on the historical development of population issues, recent theoretical population analyses and demographic statistics. Fertility and suicide are analysed from the viewpoint of approaches developed in the social sciences and humanities. In the second part of the monograph, these approaches are applied to fertility and suicide trends in Slovenia and press media reports on both issues.By providing an overview of the history of studying fertility and suicide in Slovenia and abroad, the author has concluded that most approaches to fertility and suicide are grounded on the premises of the modernisation theory. Nevertheless, she was not discouraged to study alternative approaches to fertility and suicide that, according to researchers in the humanities, do not necessarily have a lower explanatory potential.V slovenski javnosti obstaja kar nekaj del, ki obravnavajo rodnostno in samomorilno vedenje, vendar se proučevalci obeh oblik vedenja niso podrobneje ukvarjali s proučevanjem obeh pojavov skupaj. Avtorica poskuša preseči poenostavljene razlage padanja rodnosti in zviševanja samomorilnosti ter razčlenjuje oblikovanje prebivalstvene dinamike kot družbeno pomembne teme na ravni Slovenije kot tudi na širši, globalni ravni. Problematiko obravnava tako z vidika zgodovinskega razvoja prebivalstvenega vprašanja kot tudi z vidika sodobnejših teoretskih razprav o prebivalstvu in demografskih statistikah. Rodnost in samomorilnost proučuje v luči družboslovnih in humanističnih pristopov, ki jih v drugem delu aplicira na trende rodnosti in samomorilnosti v Sloveniji in poročanje tiska o obeh pojavih