Blar i SAM - Institutt for sosialfag på forfatter "Gubrium, Erika"
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Moving forward, waiting or standing still? Service users' experiences from a Norwegian labour activation programme
Hansen, Helle Cathrine; Gubrium, Erika (European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-23)Labour activation policy relies on a notion of temporal homogeneity, with the assumption that the service user, once enrolled in a labour activation programme, moves forward on a linear and progressive trajectory into the ... -
Norwegian labour activation: Building or limiting social citizenship for service users far from the labour market?
Hansen, Helle Cathrine; Gubrium, Erika (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)This chapter takes a close look at activation policy to explore the extent to which it supports or limits social citizenship for service users far from the labour market. In Norway, as in other European countries, employment ... -
Policing Norwegian Welfare: Disciplining and Differentiating within the Bottom Rungs
Gubrium, Erika (Social Inclusion;2(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Policing is a disciplining means for using welfare services to govern welfare recipients towards a desired behaviour or goal. We apply Foucault’s (1977) definition of institutional discipline as a means for exploring how ... -
Poverty, shame and the class journey in public imagination
Gubrium, Erika (Distinktion : Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-07-15)Bringing together social science and literary sensibilities, this article employs a focused content analysis of the texts of three influential Norwegian novels for their personal portrayal of the relationship between ... -
Researcher linguistic vulnerability: A note on methodological implications
Muller, Ashley; Gubrium, Erika (Qualitative Health Research;2015, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)We reflect on the experiences of a researcher conducting a pilot exercise project with marginalized research participants within the substance use disorder treatment field, in a language that was nonnative to her. While ... -
Taking Time Seriously: Biographical Circumstance and Immigrant Labor Integration Experience
Gubrium, Erika; Leirvik, Mariann Stærkebye (Journal of International Migration and Integration;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-18)The article offers a re-conceptualization of the labor integration process which takes temporality into account as a relevant feature that, rather than following patterned frames of reference, is actively referenced through ... -
Young people looking forward: imagined future and normative tensions in urban Norway
Andersen, Nina Helene Barth; Gubrium, Erika; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær (Children & Society;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-26)We explore the meaning‐making practices of ‘little personal stories’ and ‘big societal stories’ in the imagined futures of 12‐ and 13‐year‐olds within Norway, known for its egalitarian ideals and welfare society. Using the ...