Lower benefits to refugees in Denmark: Missing recognition?

Flora Ghosh; Søren Juul

Lower benefits to refugees in Denmark: Missing recognition?

Flora Ghosh, Søren Juul

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Abstract

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Social Work & Society
Vol/bind	6
Udgave nummer	1
Antal sider	7
ISSN	1613-8953
Status	Udgivet - 2008

Bibliografisk note

Anderson, J. 1995:Preface. In The Struggle for Recognition: The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought). London: The MIT Press.

Bauman, Z. 2004: Wasted Lives. Modernity and its outcasts. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Blauenfeldt, M. et al. 2006: Flygtninge på starthjælp. København: CASA.

Brah, A. 2003: Cartographies of Diaspora, contesting identities. London and New York: Routledge.

Bred aftale om integration 2005. 15.02.2008 < http://www.inm.dk/Index/dokumenter.asp?o=19&n=0&d=2915&s=4 >

Ejrnæs, A. 2006: Fleksibilitet, mangfoldighed eller segregering. En analyse af den etniske opdeling på det private danske arbejdsmarked Ph.D. thesis. Roskilde Universitetscenter.

Ejrnæs, M. 2001: Integrationsloven- en case, der illustrere etniske minoritets usikre medborgerstatus, AMID Working Paper Series 18/2002. Ålborg: AMID.

Ejrnæs, M. 2003: Starthjælp Andenrangsborgere fra begyndelsen i Når du strammer garnet, red. Af Carsten Fenger-Grøn et al. Århus: Aarhus universitets forlag.

Forst, R. 2002: Context of justice: Political Philosophy beyond Liberalism and Communitarism. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Fraser, N. 2003: Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics: Redistribution, Recognition, and Participation, in: Honneth, A. and Fraser, N. (eds.): Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange. London: Verso.

Fraser, N. 2003a: Distorted Beyond All Recognition: A Rejoinder to Axel Honneth, in: Honneth, A. and Fraser, N. (eds.): Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange. London: Verso.

Frederiksen, C. H. 2002: Udvalget for Udlændinge- og Integrationspolitik, L 126 - bilag 56 2002. < www.ft.dk>

Gaasholt, Ø. and Togeby, L. 1998: I syv sind. Danskernes holdninger til flygtninge og indvandrere. Århus: Politica.

Ghosh, F. 2005: Reduced Economic benefit to the refugees: Missing Recognition? – A study on newly arrived ethnic minorities’ experiences of Start Help, the reduced economic benefit, Master of Science in Social Work, module 3 project, Aalborg University.

Goffman, E. 1963: Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. Chicago: Aldine.

Hamburger, C. 1997: Etniske minoriteter og social integration. In: Social integration ed. Lilli Zeuner. København: SFI.

Hansen, F. K. and Hansen, H. 2004: Starthjælp og introduktionsydelse - Hvordan virker ydelserne? København: CASA.

Honneth, A. 1995: The Struggle for Recognition: The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts. London: The MIT Press.

Honneth, A. 2003: Redistribution as Recognition: A Response to Nancy Fraser, in: Honneth, A. and Fraser, N. (eds.): Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange. London: Verso.

Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration affairs 2005: Effekten af kommunernes integrationsindsats målt ved udlæniges selvforsørgelse.

Møller, B. and Togeby, L. 1999: Oplevet diskrimination, En undersøgelse blandt etniske minoriteter Nævnet for Etnisk Ligestilling. København.

Rawls, J. 1971: A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.

Rådet for Socialt Udsatte 2003: Sociale ydelser set i et fattigdomsperspektiv København.

SFI: The Danish National Research Centre of Welfare 2005: Etniske minoriteter – et nyt proletariat? København: SFI.

Socialpolitisk Forening and CASA 2003: Social årsrapport 2003. Efter to år med den borgerlige regering. København: Socialpolitisk Forenings Forlag.

Socialpolitisk Forening and CASA 2004: Social årsrapport 2004. Velfærdssamfundets udfordringer. København: Socialpolitisk forenings forlag.

Starthjælpsnetværket 2003: Undersøgelse af økonomiske konsekvenser for flygtninge, der lever af starthjælp. København.

Statistics Denmark 2008: Population and election. Table KRBEF3.

Statistics Overview – Migration and Asylum 2006. Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration affairs.

Tal og Fakta på udlæninge område 2007, Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration affairs.

Emneord

Flygtninge
anerkendelse
Den lave ydelse

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