• Inclusive education and social representations
  Germundsson, Per Eds: Hensen, Gregor; Beck, Anneka   Book chapter in Inclusive Education : Perspektiven und Entwicklungen im internationalem Vergleich : Beltz Juventa Serie: Inklusive Bildun; (2015)	Book chapter

• Socialtjänsten och de papperslösa
  Staaf, Annika Eds: Vahlne Westerhäll, Lotte   Book chapter in Nordisk Socialrättslig Tidskrift;7-8 : Santérus Serie: Santérus Academic Press; (2013)	Book chapter

  

  

  English abstract:

  This article outlines public Social Services’ encounters with irregular migrants in Sweden from the perspectives of institutional and front-line staff (or streetlevel bureaucrats). Staff and executive considerations are influenced by a de jure exclusion of irregular migrants, a part of the control of migration. Staff faces contradictory demands concerning international and national regulations, which leads to legal ambiguities open to discretionary powers and sometimes even arbitrariness. The aim is to explore the handling of such cases, experiences and considerations focusing cited values when enacting discretion and to discuss implications of the unclear legal situation. The material derives from two web-based questionnaires (national and local) and interviews with front-line staff handling cases concerning irregular migrants. A tentative analysis confirms that the public Social Services encounter irregular migrants and that handling differs greatly. It proposes that different approaches, a lack of guidelines and the contradictory legal framework endanger the rule of law. Differing and ambivalent fundamental values appear to be involved when enacting discretion: some related to social work and others to controlled migration. The controlled migration values cited by some respondents consisted of more and better border- control and better cooperation with the Immigration Services. The invoked social work values imply a conception of a right to social services and the control of migration as independent processes and jurisdiction related to human rights, essentially the crc, applicable beyond the nationally framed legal status and not subordinated to policies of migration.

• Samverkan : från idé till praktik
  Germundsson, Per Eds: Hansson, Kristofer; Nordmark, Eva   Book chapter in Att arbeta med delaktighet inom habilitering : Studentlitteratur (2015)	Book chapter

• Written fantasies : language-induced sexual excitement
  Johnsdotter, Sara Eds: Larsson, Mariah; Johnsdotter, Sara   Book chapter in Sexual Fantasies : At the Convergence of the Cultural and the Individual : Peter Lang Academic Research (2015)	Book chapter

• Kollegiedialog : en modell för kunskapsproduktion och förändringsarbe...
  Runesson, Ingrid; Larsson, Monica; Nyberg, Greger Eds: Lalander, Philip; Svensson, Bengt   Book chapter in Perspektiv på social utsatthet : Studentlitteratur (2014)	Book chapter

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