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dc.contributor.authorBochsler, Yann
dc.contributor.editorReutlinger, Christian
dc.contributor.editorNadai, Eva
dc.contributor.editorMaeder, Christoph
dc.contributor.editorKoch, Martina
dc.contributor.editorTabin, Jean-Pierre
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-08T16:23:08Z
dc.date.available2024-07-08T16:23:08Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifierONIX_20240708_9783037778890_171
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/91834
dc.description.abstractThe present research deals with the policies directed at young adults on social assistance with-out vocational training (YAS). Drawing on data collected within cantonal administrations and pro-viders of integration (Basel-City and Geneva) as well as interviews with YAS, the publication analysis cantonal social policies and their moral underpinnings. In Switzerland, there is an ongoing strategical shift in the field of youth policies that emphasizes educational integration as a first and primary integration step. This policy shift has implications for the strategical scope of the cantons. The focus on ‘education first’ as a guideline dictates an approach, which follows an in-tertwined neo-liberal and paternalistic discourse: On the one hand, social policies are designed as investment to avoid a long-term labour market exclusion of the YAS. On the other hand, these policies are legitimized via narratives that construct the YAS as irresponsible and dependent – not yet ready to enter adulthood. In doing so, social policies create and reproduce structural vulnerabilities related to dominant moral values like reinforcing the work ethics of young welfare beneficiaries.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.otherYoung Adults
dc.subject.otherSocial Assistance
dc.subject.otherWork Ethics
dc.titleGoverning the Young Poor in Switzerland
dc.title.alternativeHow the Moral Foundations of Work Ethics Guide Social Assistance Discourse
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.33058/seismo.30889
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy2a4e97ae-726c-4086-a24b-d4536718a4a8
oapen.relation.isFundedBy07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26
oapen.relation.isbn9783037778890
oapen.collectionSwiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
oapen.place.publicationZürich
oapen.grant.number10BP12_221932
oapen.grant.programOpen Access Books
oapen.grant.projectGoverning the young poor in Switzerland: How the moral foundations of work ethics guide social assistance discourse


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