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Kun äiti käyttää väkivaltaa : lastensuojelun sosiaalityöntekijöiden näkemyksiä

2014

Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena on tarkastella äitien lapsiinsa kohdistamaa väkivaltaa ilmiönä. Tutkimusaineiston olen kerännyt haastattelemalla kahdessa eri kaupungissa työskenteleviä kuutta lastensuojelun sosiaalityöntekijää. Tutkielmastani valmistui ensin työn teoreettinen viitekehys, jonka jälkeen toteutin haastatteluaineiston keräämisen. Haastatteluiden tuottaman tiedon avulla yritän vastata alla oleviin asettamiini tutkimusongelmiini. Kuinka usein ja millaisena ilmiönä naisten lapsiinsa kohdistama väkivalta näkyy lastensuojelussa? Määrittyykö ilmiö yhteiskunnassa sosiaaliseksi ongelmaksi? Millaisia seurauksia väkivallasta nähdään olevan? Millaista apua naiset ja lapset tarvitsevat? Mite…

Taiteen kritiikki ja kritiikin taide : Stewart Home porvarillisen kulttuurin raunioilla

1999

Kansalaisyhteiskunnan korvaamaton rooli pakolaisten vastaanottamisessa

2022

Valtion vieraanvaraisuus, viranomaisten päävastuu pakolaisten asuttamisesta ja tuki kansalaisyhteiskunnan pakolaisten avustustoiminnalle on tärkeää, jotta vältytään vastakkainasettelulta, epäluottamukselta ja solidaarisuuden hiipumiselta. nonPeerReviewed

Contextualizing citizenship in Tanzania

2019

This chapter describes selected features of the contemporary Tanzania that form the context for learning of citizenship in civil society. The chapter grasps the contextual conditions and circumstances of citizenship in Tanzania by looking at historical evolvement of the notion of development, maendeleo, over the period from colonial eras to the postcolonial single-party system to the contemporary multiparty democracy. The chapter continues with analyses of the moments of donor enthusiasm for civil society and NGOs and the recent debates on the shrinking space of civil society. Essentially, different stages presents different idea of an ideal citizen and also different efforts in order to sh…

UML Artefacts for a Blockchain-enabled Platform for Fairtrade

2021

Fairtrade-certified products have successfully entered the mainstream distribution channels mostly in developed countries, and these products are now sold in famous supermarket chains. Nonetheless, the packaging and labeling of products as “Fairtrade” commands premium pricing in the marketplace. How much of this, however, is valid and justified? Despite the reputable certification mechanisms for quality assurance, mass media reports suggest that much of the “surplus value” goes to the accreditation agencies themselves instead of the producers. This article proposes an agenda to set this right with a blockchain platform that provides “trust-free” assurances of verifiable labeling. Using an A…

Simultaneous Support for and Opposition to Brands : A Study on Brand Love and Hate - the Two Poles of Brand Polarisation

2023

This chapter discusses the drivers of brand polarisation (i.e. simultaneously loving and hating a brand). Despite its relevance for brand managers and public relations executives, brand polarisation remains heavily understudied among scholars. This study addresses the focal phenomenon by examining consumers and the role of social media within the research context. The key theoretical concepts introduced in this chapter include brand polarisation, brand attitude, brand relationships, brand love, brand hate, brand experience and social media brand communities. Using ten in-depth, semi-structured interviews, 36 loved and/or hated brands were discussed by the study participants. The findings de…

Politics in play: the playground movement as a socio-political issue in early twentieth-century Finland

2023

This article studies the history of playgrounds in Finland and focuses on the emergence and implementation of the objectives of the international playground movement in the early twentieth century. Specifically, it examines the relations between supervised playgrounds, women’s emancipation, child welfare policies, and political discussion on social class. In doing so, the article illustrates the transnational circulation and implementation of early twentieth century “child-saving” ideas, such as the playground reform. The analysis is done by cross and close reading a wealth of contemporary texts on playgrounds, such as magazines, newspapers, and archival materials. By tracing the interwoven…

Recognition and Civic Selection

2021

Large-scale immigration and the refugee crisis have caused many states to adapt ever stricter civic selection processes. This paper discusses the challenges arising from civic selection from the perspective of recognition theories. The argument is that recognition theories provide good conceptual tools with which to critically analyze civic selection and immigration. However, the paper also aims to highlight that many current institutional practices are problematic from the perspective of recognition. In the context of civic selection, it is helpful to understand recognition as something that comes in two analytically distinct modes: horizontal (or interpersonal) and vertical (or institutio…

Scales of participation and multi-scalar citizenship in EU participatory governance

2020

The EU still has a democratic deficit and its legitimacy is strongly questioned. This reveals the importance of citizenship and participation in the context of the challenges the EU faces today. The article contributes to the current discussions on the shifting frameworks of participation and citizenship through empirical research into the EU’s participatory governance. It asks how participation is framed in terms of scale and how these scalar framings are used to formulate citizenship in selected projects funded by the EU programmes on citizenship and culture. This microlevel analysis yields new insights into the politics of scale in the EU’s multilevel participatory governance. Frame anal…

Learning, Philosophy, and African Citizenship

2022

This open access book discusses and addresses the compelling questions concerning the ideals of citizenship, the processes of learning to fulfill these ideals, and possibilities of education in fostering citizenship. Rather than advocating for one framework, the authors demonstrate the continuously contested nature of the concept of citizenship as theoretically discussed and practically experienced. The monograph combines, in an unconventional way, selected philosophical accounts and everyday experiences from certain locations in Tanzania and Uganda. It provides contributions from philosophical ideas drawing on scholars such as Chantal Mouffe, Rosi Braidotti, Theodor Adorno, and Étienne Bal…