Abstract For about thirty years now, in the context of urban policies, number of theater associations carry out projects in working-class neighborhoods providing active participation of their inhabitants. Based on an ethnographic survey in France and Italy, this article highlights the discursive politicisation processes within these associations. Participatory theatre provides a framework a priori conducive to generate “public spirited-political conversations”. However, these processes can be hampered by a set of public funding constraints.
{"title":"Theatre Associations in Working Class Neighbourhoods: between Politicisation and Public Action","authors":"F. Quercia","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2021-0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract For about thirty years now, in the context of urban policies, number of theater associations carry out projects in working-class neighborhoods providing active participation of their inhabitants. Based on an ethnographic survey in France and Italy, this article highlights the discursive politicisation processes within these associations. Participatory theatre provides a framework a priori conducive to generate “public spirited-political conversations”. However, these processes can be hampered by a set of public funding constraints.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"47 1","pages":"431 - 450"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68918654","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 Taking as a case study a cooperative belonging to the Landless Movement (MST) of Brazil, this article analyzes the place of conflict and the relationship between the economic and political dimensions of daily life. It presents an analysis on the way to balance the political principles and practices of cooperativism and the constraints imposed by the market economy, by trying to understand how the political experiences of the subjects participate in establishing a social order around a common political project, under permanent construction.
{"title":"The Political and Economic Dimensions of Everyday Life: The Conflict as a Political Institution of a Landless-Cooperative in Brasil","authors":"D. Marques","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2021-0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0021","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Taking as a case study a cooperative belonging to the Landless Movement (MST) of Brazil, this article analyzes the place of conflict and the relationship between the economic and political dimensions of daily life. It presents an analysis on the way to balance the political principles and practices of cooperativism and the constraints imposed by the market economy, by trying to understand how the political experiences of the subjects participate in establishing a social order around a common political project, under permanent construction.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"47 1","pages":"391 - 410"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44572763","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 shows that “not chosen” experiences of non-take up to healthcare, having multiple implications for people and remaining unanswered from the social protection and health system, create a paradoxical situation. The result, among the people concerned, is a destabilization of representations of system, conducive to the construction of criticisms and reactions leading people to keep, voluntarily and by different means, at a distance from certain health and social offers.
{"title":"When Multiple Implications of Non-Take-Up to Healthcare Catalyze a Critique of the Health and Social System","authors":"H. Revil","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2021-0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article shows that “not chosen” experiences of non-take up to healthcare, having multiple implications for people and remaining unanswered from the social protection and health system, create a paradoxical situation. The result, among the people concerned, is a destabilization of representations of system, conducive to the construction of criticisms and reactions leading people to keep, voluntarily and by different means, at a distance from certain health and social offers.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"47 1","pages":"221 - 239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45170348","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}
The sociology of welfare tends to focus on welfare regimes, welfare institutions or welfare beneficiaries. However, since the 1960s a specific stream of literature highlights the phenomenon of non-take-up of welfare benefits in the European context (for a literature review, see Kerr 1982; van Oorschot, 1991; Daly 2002; Warin 2006; Eurofound 2015). Indeed, many people eligible for welfare benefits, both in the field of health and social care, do not receive them. This phenomenon questions both the conditions of access to social benefits and their adequacy or even legitimacy when some people prefer not to claim their rights. Understanding the reasons accounting for non-take-up is therefore essential for the design of adequately inclusive social protection frameworks, especially given that non-take-up is becoming salient and reaching policy agendas, including in Switzerland. In the wake of both conservative and liberal criticisms, the transformation towards a less generous and more restrictive welfare state contributed to creating a gap between the citizens and the social institutions. However, both the political obsession with budget saving and the focus on fraud kept this gap in a blind spot. With the coronavirus crisis, which strongly hit in 2020, media and politics have given a new attention to the non-take-up issue. Social inequalities are growing, including in Switzerland, where people with lower income are most affected (Martinez et al. 2021). In the context of this new social emergency, the social and economic precariousness of numerous categories of the population were put in the spotlight. The relevance of social rights has thus gained legitimacy.
{"title":"The Non-Take-Up of Health and Social Benefits: What Implications for Social Citizenship?","authors":"B. Lucas, J. Bonvin, Oliver Hümbelin","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2021-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0013","url":null,"abstract":"The sociology of welfare tends to focus on welfare regimes, welfare institutions or welfare beneficiaries. However, since the 1960s a specific stream of literature highlights the phenomenon of non-take-up of welfare benefits in the European context (for a literature review, see Kerr 1982; van Oorschot, 1991; Daly 2002; Warin 2006; Eurofound 2015). Indeed, many people eligible for welfare benefits, both in the field of health and social care, do not receive them. This phenomenon questions both the conditions of access to social benefits and their adequacy or even legitimacy when some people prefer not to claim their rights. Understanding the reasons accounting for non-take-up is therefore essential for the design of adequately inclusive social protection frameworks, especially given that non-take-up is becoming salient and reaching policy agendas, including in Switzerland. In the wake of both conservative and liberal criticisms, the transformation towards a less generous and more restrictive welfare state contributed to creating a gap between the citizens and the social institutions. However, both the political obsession with budget saving and the focus on fraud kept this gap in a blind spot. With the coronavirus crisis, which strongly hit in 2020, media and politics have given a new attention to the non-take-up issue. Social inequalities are growing, including in Switzerland, where people with lower income are most affected (Martinez et al. 2021). In the context of this new social emergency, the social and economic precariousness of numerous categories of the population were put in the spotlight. The relevance of social rights has thus gained legitimacy.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"47 1","pages":"161 - 180"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49580685","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 the case of the Swiss disability insurance (DI), the article questions the impact of activation on the (non-)take-up of social policies. It investigates the aim and content of activation policies (as found in official texts and discourses) and their subjective perception among recipients. Inspired by Kerr’s model and Hobson’s notion of “sense of entitlement”, analysis reveals the paradoxical outcomes of DI reforms. It underlines the importance of the subjective dimension of entitlements in the sociological understanding of non-take-up.
{"title":"Activation, Non-Take-Up, and the Sense of Entitlement: A Swiss Case Study of Disability Policy Reforms","authors":"Emilie Rosenstein","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2021-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Based on the case of the Swiss disability insurance (DI), the article questions the impact of activation on the (non-)take-up of social policies. It investigates the aim and content of activation policies (as found in official texts and discourses) and their subjective perception among recipients. Inspired by Kerr’s model and Hobson’s notion of “sense of entitlement”, analysis reveals the paradoxical outcomes of DI reforms. It underlines the importance of the subjective dimension of entitlements in the sociological understanding of non-take-up.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"47 1","pages":"241 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68918076","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 the understudied phenomenon of secondary non-take-up (NTU) among Latino immigrants in Madrid, London, and New York City from their own perspective. It examines the reasons behind secondary NTU across the three sites and examines the relevance of type of welfare state in which they live. The findings of this paper suggest that secondary NTU is prevalent in these three sites. It identifies prejudice from social workers as the leading cause of secondary NTU among Latino immigrants.
{"title":"Caseworker Prejudice: Exploring Secondary Non-Take-Up from Below Among Latino Immigrants in Madrid, London, and New York City","authors":"Marie L. Mallet, Edwin Garcia","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2021-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article investigates the understudied phenomenon of secondary non-take-up (NTU) among Latino immigrants in Madrid, London, and New York City from their own perspective. It examines the reasons behind secondary NTU across the three sites and examines the relevance of type of welfare state in which they live. The findings of this paper suggest that secondary NTU is prevalent in these three sites. It identifies prejudice from social workers as the leading cause of secondary NTU among Latino immigrants.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"47 1","pages":"201 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46992170","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 focuses on the refusal of social benefits in Germany from the perspectives of people who practice it. Through the presentation of three case studies, forms of subjectivation are reconstructed which offer insights into societal origins of refusal as an everyday mode of action and point towards further thematic and empirical research areas.
{"title":"Living Contexts of Non-Take-Up in Germany","authors":"Jenni Eckhardt","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2021-0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0018","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article focuses on the refusal of social benefits in Germany from the perspectives of people who practice it. Through the presentation of three case studies, forms of subjectivation are reconstructed which offer insights into societal origins of refusal as an everyday mode of action and point towards further thematic and empirical research areas.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"47 1","pages":"261 - 282"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44631878","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 study analyzes the non-take-up of means-tested benefits among older people in Germany using GSOEP (2010–2015). The results suggest that 6 out of 10 do not claim benefits. To explain non-take-up the study looks at differences between individual living situations and institutionalized normality. The empirical section deals with three dimensions of the living situation: coping with financial hardship, acknowledgment of previous achievements, and temporal dynamics. While coping and temporal dynamics prove to be relevant, the results regarding acknowledgment are mixed.
{"title":"Institutionalized Normality and Individual Living Situations. The Non-Take-Up of Old-Age Basic Income Support in Germany","authors":"Felix M. Wilke","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2021-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The study analyzes the non-take-up of means-tested benefits among older people in Germany using GSOEP (2010–2015). The results suggest that 6 out of 10 do not claim benefits. To explain non-take-up the study looks at differences between individual living situations and institutionalized normality. The empirical section deals with three dimensions of the living situation: coping with financial hardship, acknowledgment of previous achievements, and temporal dynamics. While coping and temporal dynamics prove to be relevant, the results regarding acknowledgment are mixed.","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"47 1","pages":"181 - 200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42472560","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}
{"title":"Introduction: The Sociology of Migration in Switzerland: Past, Present and Future","authors":"Milena Chimienti, C. Bolzman, D. Ruedin","doi":"10.2478/sjs-2021-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39497,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Journal of Sociology","volume":"47 1","pages":"7 - 26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42528560","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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