Governing Young Poor in Switzerland and Reinforcing Their Work Ethics
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Yann Bochsler
Yann Bochsler, lic. rer. soc ., FHNW, studied political science and law at the universities of Bern and Lyon. He works as a scientific employee at the Institute for Social Planning, Organisational Change and Urban Development, FHNW School of Social Work. His main research interests are poverty, social assistance in Switzerland, the welfare state and adequate housing. He is currently completing his doctoral project on the subject of young adults without vocational training in social assistance at the University of Geneva under the mentorship of the professors Carlo Knöpfel and Jean-Michel Bonvin. He is a member of the research committee “Social Problems” of the Swiss Society for Sociology (SGS).
Abstract
The present research deals with the policies directed at young adults on social assistance (YAS) without vocational training and the way implementers themselves as well as the YAS perceive policy implementation. In Switzerland, a currently on-going strategic shift in the policy field of welfare and youth policies has renewed emphasis on vocational education and training (VET) as a first and primary integration step. This policy shift has implications for the socio-political alignment of the cantonal administration. As a guideline, the renewed emphasis on “education first” dictates an approach that follows an economic and paternalistic logic. Building on collected data within cantonal administrations (Basel-City and Geneva) and encounters with YAS, this paper discusses the underlying narratives of these policies and their moral justification patterns.
About the author
Yann Bochsler, lic. rer. soc., FHNW, studied political science and law at the universities of Bern and Lyon. He works as a scientific employee at the Institute for Social Planning, Organisational Change and Urban Development, FHNW School of Social Work. His main research interests are poverty, social assistance in Switzerland, the welfare state and adequate housing. He is currently completing his doctoral project on the subject of young adults without vocational training in social assistance at the University of Geneva under the mentorship of the professors Carlo Knöpfel and Jean-Michel Bonvin. He is a member of the research committee “Social Problems” of the Swiss Society for Sociology (SGS).
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial: Governing the Poor – Migration and Poverty
- “An Especially Thankless Work”? Filtering Practices in Emergency Shelters and Ethical Dilemmas for Street-level Social Workers in Western Switzerland
- The Production of Precarity in Denmark’s Asylum Regime
- At the intersection of immigration and welfare governance in the United States: State, county and frontline levels and clients’ perspectives
- Governing Young Poor in Switzerland and Reinforcing Their Work Ethics
- Child Money and Food Stamps: A comparative analysis of Mongolian welfare programmes in the Ger Districts of Ulaanbaatar
- Punishing the Poor and Fighting “Immigration into the Social System” – Welfare Reforms by the Conservative and Far-right Government in Austria 2017–2019
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial: Governing the Poor – Migration and Poverty
- “An Especially Thankless Work”? Filtering Practices in Emergency Shelters and Ethical Dilemmas for Street-level Social Workers in Western Switzerland
- The Production of Precarity in Denmark’s Asylum Regime
- At the intersection of immigration and welfare governance in the United States: State, county and frontline levels and clients’ perspectives
- Governing Young Poor in Switzerland and Reinforcing Their Work Ethics
- Child Money and Food Stamps: A comparative analysis of Mongolian welfare programmes in the Ger Districts of Ulaanbaatar
- Punishing the Poor and Fighting “Immigration into the Social System” – Welfare Reforms by the Conservative and Far-right Government in Austria 2017–2019
