Abstract Relying on the data of the Swiss Household Panel, the paper aims to make sense of the puzzling dissatisfaction union members exhibit in most dimensions of their job. A longitudinal approach reveals that the dissatisfaction is to a large extent explained by contextual and individual time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity. A decline in job satisfaction is for many workers the main reason to join a union. Job satisfaction climbs back as the years of membership increase, which confirms that unions do indeed have positive effects on the professional well-being of their members.
{"title":"The Curious Case of the Grumpy Union Member","authors":"Sinisa Hadziabdic","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2020-0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Relying on the data of the Swiss Household Panel, the paper aims to make sense of the puzzling dissatisfaction union members exhibit in most dimensions of their job. A longitudinal approach reveals that the dissatisfaction is to a large extent explained by contextual and individual time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity. A decline in job satisfaction is for many workers the main reason to join a union. Job satisfaction climbs back as the years of membership increase, which confirms that unions do indeed have positive effects on the professional well-being of their members.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"46 1","pages":"489 - 514"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45109385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract This paper analyses trajectories of life satisfaction among elderly people in various family situations and tests whether the disadvantage related to being single or childless increases (as predicted by cumulative (dis)advantage hypothesis) or reduces (consistently with age-as-leveler hypothesis) when people get older. The results show that the disadvantage of never married mothers grows with age, whereas the disadvantage of divorced people reduces with age. The study suggests that, in general, the increasing probability of ageing without close kin does not put at risk life satisfaction of elderly people.
{"title":"Old-Age Trajectories of Life Satisfaction. Do Singlehood and Childlessness Hurt More When People Get Older?","authors":"M. Mikucka","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2020-0020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0020","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper analyses trajectories of life satisfaction among elderly people in various family situations and tests whether the disadvantage related to being single or childless increases (as predicted by cumulative (dis)advantage hypothesis) or reduces (consistently with age-as-leveler hypothesis) when people get older. The results show that the disadvantage of never married mothers grows with age, whereas the disadvantage of divorced people reduces with age. The study suggests that, in general, the increasing probability of ageing without close kin does not put at risk life satisfaction of elderly people.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"46 1","pages":"397 - 424"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47089218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Based on longitudinal analyses of data from the Swiss Household Panel, this paper investigates the effect of different types of debt on two evaluative measures of subjective well-being: financial satisfaction and life satisfaction. Payment arrears reduce financial satisfaction more than loans or the accumulation of different types of debt (arrears and loans). This negative effect is stable over time. Conversely, each additional year with arrears decreases life satisfaction, confirming the overall and general negative effect of arrears on all domains of daily life, especially for the elderly.
{"title":"Debt and Subjective Well-Being: Does the Type of Debt Matter?","authors":"Tristan Coste, Caroline Henchoz, B. Wernli","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2020-0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0022","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Based on longitudinal analyses of data from the Swiss Household Panel, this paper investigates the effect of different types of debt on two evaluative measures of subjective well-being: financial satisfaction and life satisfaction. Payment arrears reduce financial satisfaction more than loans or the accumulation of different types of debt (arrears and loans). This negative effect is stable over time. Conversely, each additional year with arrears decreases life satisfaction, confirming the overall and general negative effect of arrears on all domains of daily life, especially for the elderly.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"46 1","pages":"445 - 465"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48663734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract This article examines Muslim interpretations in the mass media public discourses in German-speaking Switzerland. It focuses on the period from the moment of the adoption of the initiative against the construction of minarets untill mid-2017. On the basis of a discourse analysis four fields of positions are presented. It can be shown that there is a considerable variety of inter-Muslim interpretations. Those positions with the highest reception are characterized by an intolerance of ambiguity and an incorporation of hegemonial interpretative patterns.
{"title":"The Variety of Muslim Interpretations in Mass Media Public Discourses in German-speaking Switzerland","authors":"Noemi Trucco","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2020-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article examines Muslim interpretations in the mass media public discourses in German-speaking Switzerland. It focuses on the period from the moment of the adoption of the initiative against the construction of minarets untill mid-2017. On the basis of a discourse analysis four fields of positions are presented. It can be shown that there is a considerable variety of inter-Muslim interpretations. Those positions with the highest reception are characterized by an intolerance of ambiguity and an incorporation of hegemonial interpretative patterns.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"47 1","pages":"283 - 305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47525822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Population aging and international migration have propelled the aging of ethno-cultural minorities to the forefront of social scientific inquiries. Examining how scholarship on old age makes sense of ethnicity and race has become relevant. Based on a scoping review of peer-reviewed articles published between 1998 and 2017 (n = 336), the present article asks whether the notions of racialization and racism inform this scholarship and argues that a racism-sensitive research agenda is needed.
{"title":"Racialization Without Racism in Scholarship on Old Age","authors":"S. Torres","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2020-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Population aging and international migration have propelled the aging of ethno-cultural minorities to the forefront of social scientific inquiries. Examining how scholarship on old age makes sense of ethnicity and race has become relevant. Based on a scoping review of peer-reviewed articles published between 1998 and 2017 (n = 336), the present article asks whether the notions of racialization and racism inform this scholarship and argues that a racism-sensitive research agenda is needed.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"46 1","pages":"331 - 349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42297680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Cultural, social, and economic factors have led to an increase in late-life migration of citizens from richer countries to poorer ones. Although research interest in this phenomenon has risen as well, the case of people leaving Switzerland remains little studied. Yet, in 2017, 11 % of Swiss men and women aged 65 and over lived abroad. Drawing on two case studies of older Swiss migrants to Spain and Morocco, this article contributes to a better understanding of this phenomenon.
{"title":"Ageing Abroad. The Case of Swiss Nationals in Morocco and Spain","authors":"M. Repetti, C. Bolzman","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2020-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Cultural, social, and economic factors have led to an increase in late-life migration of citizens from richer countries to poorer ones. Although research interest in this phenomenon has risen as well, the case of people leaving Switzerland remains little studied. Yet, in 2017, 11 % of Swiss men and women aged 65 and over lived abroad. Drawing on two case studies of older Swiss migrants to Spain and Morocco, this article contributes to a better understanding of this phenomenon.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"46 1","pages":"199 - 217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45075155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract This article is based on a qualitative and comparative study of childcare arrangements that European and non-European grandparents engage in in Switzerland. It shows that the Swiss migration regime significantly shapes these arrangements, as a result of free circulation versus visa constraints that discriminate EU and non-EU nationals. It also points to other structuring factors, such as the Swiss care and gender regimes or the quality of intergenerational relations.
{"title":"Transnational Grandparenting at the Test of Migration Policy: The Case of European and Non-European Grandparents Who Come to Switzerland to Care for Their Grandchildren","authors":"Malika Wyss","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2020-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article is based on a qualitative and comparative study of childcare arrangements that European and non-European grandparents engage in in Switzerland. It shows that the Swiss migration regime significantly shapes these arrangements, as a result of free circulation versus visa constraints that discriminate EU and non-EU nationals. It also points to other structuring factors, such as the Swiss care and gender regimes or the quality of intergenerational relations.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"46 1","pages":"239 - 258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48590323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract This article investigates intersectional practices of culturally sensitive care by correlating discourse and practice. Methodologically, this article follows actors observed in retirement homes who translate discursive fragments of care into situated practices of care. In detailed analyses of practical coordination of action between caregivers and migrants suffering from dementia it will be shown that practices of intersubjectivity in culturally sensitive care are implicit, bodily performative, context sensitive, and in part culturally indifferent.
{"title":"The Ageing Multicultural Society. Studies of Intersectional Practices in Culturally Sensitive Care","authors":"Christian Meier zu Verl","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2020-0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article investigates intersectional practices of culturally sensitive care by correlating discourse and practice. Methodologically, this article follows actors observed in retirement homes who translate discursive fragments of care into situated practices of care. In detailed analyses of practical coordination of action between caregivers and migrants suffering from dementia it will be shown that practices of intersubjectivity in culturally sensitive care are implicit, bodily performative, context sensitive, and in part culturally indifferent.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"46 1","pages":"305 - 329"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47343030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Ciobanu, M. Nedelcu, E. S. Ammann, Karin van Holten
Migration and ageing are two of the main contemporary phenomena challenging modern societies. Although at a first glance they appear to be separate dynamics, there are multiple intersections between the demographic aging of the population and the increasing number of people migrating. Such intersections may be identified in the context of Western European societies, where demographic ageing is partially attenuated by increasing migration. The shortage of social and health care workforce furthermore leads to an increase in migrants being employed in care services for the older population. The migrant population itself is ageing, particularly visible among former “guest-workers” of the post-WW2 period, facing challenges associated to restricted welfare benefits, health disparities and specific age-related needs. Moreover, the predominant policy and research focus on migration as a pheno menon mostly occurring among younger, healthy individuals does not adequately grasp the layers of migration and patterns of mobility over the life course. People of advanced age are moving as well. Such late-in-life migrants engage in mobility for different reasons, be it to live a secure or more comfortable life, to work and send remittances back home, to provide or receive family-related care or to have access to welfare benefits or affordable care services. The objective of the special issue is to
{"title":"Intersections between Ageing and Migration: Current Trends and Challenges","authors":"R. Ciobanu, M. Nedelcu, E. S. Ammann, Karin van Holten","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2020-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Migration and ageing are two of the main contemporary phenomena challenging modern societies. Although at a first glance they appear to be separate dynamics, there are multiple intersections between the demographic aging of the population and the increasing number of people migrating. Such intersections may be identified in the context of Western European societies, where demographic ageing is partially attenuated by increasing migration. The shortage of social and health care workforce furthermore leads to an increase in migrants being employed in care services for the older population. The migrant population itself is ageing, particularly visible among former “guest-workers” of the post-WW2 period, facing challenges associated to restricted welfare benefits, health disparities and specific age-related needs. Moreover, the predominant policy and research focus on migration as a pheno menon mostly occurring among younger, healthy individuals does not adequately grasp the layers of migration and patterns of mobility over the life course. People of advanced age are moving as well. Such late-in-life migrants engage in mobility for different reasons, be it to live a secure or more comfortable life, to work and send remittances back home, to provide or receive family-related care or to have access to welfare benefits or affordable care services. The objective of the special issue is to","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"46 1","pages":"187 - 197"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49281498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The article examines the dispositif of 24-hour care in the context of socio-political activation. Based on a discourse analysis of websites of Austrian placement agencies, I show how care receivers and care workers are constructed as autonomous clients, passive nursing cases and self-employed workers in need of supervision and support. I demonstrate how the ambivalent subject constructions are related to competing dispositifs and how this reproduces social power relations.
{"title":"Autonomous Elderly People, Nursing Cases and Self-Employed Workers in Need of Supervision: Subject Constructions in the Context of 24-Hour Care in Austria","authors":"Veronika Prieler","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2020-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The article examines the dispositif of 24-hour care in the context of socio-political activation. Based on a discourse analysis of websites of Austrian placement agencies, I show how care receivers and care workers are constructed as autonomous clients, passive nursing cases and self-employed workers in need of supervision and support. I demonstrate how the ambivalent subject constructions are related to competing dispositifs and how this reproduces social power relations.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"46 1","pages":"259 - 280"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49576633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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