New Challenges for Nordic Welfare Services: 'Emerging Cultural Diversity in Finnish Youth Work'

Nordic Journal of Migration Research

Miikka Pyykkönen¹  Anne-Mari Souto²  Päivi Harinen²  Pirkkoliisa Ahponen²  Antti Kivijärvi²  Leena Suurpää³  Veronika Honkasalo³  Jussi Ronkainen⁴ 

[1] Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä;Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland;Finnish Youth Research Society;Juvenia Centre of Youth Field Expertise, Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences;

关键词: youth work;    welfare services;    multiculturalism;    equality;    universalism;   

DOI  :  10.2478/njmr-2014-0005

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article summarises the results of a two-phase research project, which concentrated on leisure practices of ethnic minority youth and their expectations on multicultural youth services. The question is how youth work as “cultureless” principles of Nordic welfare universalism function in contemporary social conditions. Have youth workers and administrative authorities adopted multicultural demands of increasing ethnic diversity? The case of Finland is taken as a special example. The analysis of the data is based on a survey and thematic interviews. The current culturally diverse reality is seen as leading to new youth work practices, but this happens slowly and is disturbed by resistant attitudes.

【 授权许可】

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