Governing the Young Poor in Switzerland

The 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 cant...

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description The 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.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1397562024-07-09T04:22:15Z Governing the Young Poor in Switzerland Bochsler, Yann Reutlinger, Christian Nadai, Eva Maeder, Christoph Koch, Martina Tabin, Jean-Pierre Young Adults Social Assistance Work Ethics The 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. 2024-07-09T04:22:09Z 2024-07-09T04:22:09Z 2024-07-08T16:23:08Z 2024 book ONIX_20240708_9783037778890_171 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/91834 9783037778890 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/139756 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/91834/1/221932.pdf Seismo 10.33058/seismo.30889 10.33058/seismo.30889 245b1e00-e247-4b65-a6af-8f43bc5221de c9fff097-a6b0-4c97-afcd-d033f5f27a3d 07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26 9783037778890 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Zürich 10BP12_221932 Open Access Books Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung Swiss National Science Foundation 10.13039/501100001711 open access
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Social Assistance
Work Ethics
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Work Ethics
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