The Prolonged Inclusion of Roma Groups in Swedish Society

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Autor(a) principal: Montesino, Norma
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Ohlsson Al Fakir, Ida
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v3i5.247
Resumo: Inclusion policies focusing on Roma groups started in Sweden during the 1950s, when the Swedish government recognized the formal citizen status of the so called “Swedish Gypsies”, a group consisting of approximately 740 people. As the Roma were perceived as people living outside the boundaries of normal society, the challenge facing the Swedish authorities was how to outline and organize the new policies. In our analyses we focus on the taken-for-granted premises of these policies. We discuss the “entry process” of these Roma into Swedish society. People-processing organizations classified Roma as “socially disabled” in different administrative contexts. In the early 1960s adult male Roma were classified as socially disabled on the labor market. Later during the same decade, experts and professionals increasingly focused attention on the Roma family as a problematic institution. In this context, Roma adults were classified as disabled in relation to the normative representations of parental capacities during that time, while Roma children of school age were defined as children with difficulties and put in special groups for children with problems. The related interventions were justified by a discourse on social inclusion, but in reality produced a web of measures, practices and yet further interventions, which in the long run have contributed to perpetuate the social marginality of Roma groups.
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spelling The Prolonged Inclusion of Roma Groups in Swedish SocietyGypsy; Roma; social disability; social inclusion; SwedenInclusion policies focusing on Roma groups started in Sweden during the 1950s, when the Swedish government recognized the formal citizen status of the so called “Swedish Gypsies”, a group consisting of approximately 740 people. As the Roma were perceived as people living outside the boundaries of normal society, the challenge facing the Swedish authorities was how to outline and organize the new policies. In our analyses we focus on the taken-for-granted premises of these policies. We discuss the “entry process” of these Roma into Swedish society. People-processing organizations classified Roma as “socially disabled” in different administrative contexts. In the early 1960s adult male Roma were classified as socially disabled on the labor market. Later during the same decade, experts and professionals increasingly focused attention on the Roma family as a problematic institution. In this context, Roma adults were classified as disabled in relation to the normative representations of parental capacities during that time, while Roma children of school age were defined as children with difficulties and put in special groups for children with problems. The related interventions were justified by a discourse on social inclusion, but in reality produced a web of measures, practices and yet further interventions, which in the long run have contributed to perpetuate the social marginality of Roma groups.Cogitatio2015-09-29info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/si.v3i5.247oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/247Social Inclusion; Vol 3, No 5 (2015): Talking about Roma: Implications for Social Inclusion; 126-1362183-2803reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/247https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v3i5.247https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/247/247Copyright (c) 2015 Norma Montesino and Ida Ohlsson Al Fakirhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMontesino, NormaOhlsson Al Fakir, Ida2022-12-20T11:00:15Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/247Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:21:46.637412Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title The Prolonged Inclusion of Roma Groups in Swedish Society
spellingShingle The Prolonged Inclusion of Roma Groups in Swedish Society
Montesino, Norma
Gypsy; Roma; social disability; social inclusion; Sweden
title_short The Prolonged Inclusion of Roma Groups in Swedish Society
title_full The Prolonged Inclusion of Roma Groups in Swedish Society
title_fullStr The Prolonged Inclusion of Roma Groups in Swedish Society
title_full_unstemmed The Prolonged Inclusion of Roma Groups in Swedish Society
title_sort The Prolonged Inclusion of Roma Groups in Swedish Society
author Montesino, Norma
author_facet Montesino, Norma
Ohlsson Al Fakir, Ida
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Ohlsson Al Fakir, Ida
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Gypsy; Roma; social disability; social inclusion; Sweden
topic Gypsy; Roma; social disability; social inclusion; Sweden
description Inclusion policies focusing on Roma groups started in Sweden during the 1950s, when the Swedish government recognized the formal citizen status of the so called “Swedish Gypsies”, a group consisting of approximately 740 people. As the Roma were perceived as people living outside the boundaries of normal society, the challenge facing the Swedish authorities was how to outline and organize the new policies. In our analyses we focus on the taken-for-granted premises of these policies. We discuss the “entry process” of these Roma into Swedish society. People-processing organizations classified Roma as “socially disabled” in different administrative contexts. In the early 1960s adult male Roma were classified as socially disabled on the labor market. Later during the same decade, experts and professionals increasingly focused attention on the Roma family as a problematic institution. In this context, Roma adults were classified as disabled in relation to the normative representations of parental capacities during that time, while Roma children of school age were defined as children with difficulties and put in special groups for children with problems. The related interventions were justified by a discourse on social inclusion, but in reality produced a web of measures, practices and yet further interventions, which in the long run have contributed to perpetuate the social marginality of Roma groups.
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