Guarding the borders of the Norwegian welfare state. How NAV employees decide on social assistance for unemployed Polish migrants

In this article, I focus on social relations and institutional logics to explore how street-level bureaucrats in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) assess unemployed Polish migra...

I randsonen av den norske velferdsstaten. Arbeidsledige polske migranters erfaringer med tilgang til offentlige velferdsytelser og møter med NAV.

This thesis seeks to answer two research questions: How do unemployed Polish migrants in Norway experience their access to public welfare benefits and their encounters with NAV? And how are these experiences institutionally shaped? As EEA citizens, Polish migrants are free to enter and work in any EEA country, thus enjoying a privileged status. However, they can end up in a vulnerable position if they become unemployed. EEA migrants’ rights to public welfare benefits are characterised by legal grey zones and ambiguity. In many ways, EEA mobility disrupts and blurs the boundaries of citizenship and national states. This study explores the experiences of dealing with the Norwegian welfare adm…

"Jeg har ingen grunner til å dra tilbake". Vurderinger av retur fra ståstedet til polske migranter i prekære livssituasjoner i Norge

Når terskelen til velferdsstaten blir for høy Arbeidsledige polske migranters erfaringer