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The problem of dependency: immigration, gender, and the welfare state.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20821899     Owner:  HMD     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This article discusses the regulation of marriage migration to Norway through an analysis of the subsistence requirement rule which entails that a person who wants to bring a spouse to Norway must achieve a certain level of income. Policy-makers present two main arguments for this regulation. First, the subsistence requirement is a means to prevent forced marriage. Second, its aim is to prevent family immigrants from becoming a burden on welfare budgets. The major concern of both these arguments is that of dependency, either on the family or on the welfare state. The article investigates the representations of the “problems” underpinning this specific policy proposal and argues that the rule in question, and immigration policy more generally, needs to be analyzed with reference to the broader concerns and aims of welfare state policy and gender equality policy.
Authors:
Helga Eggebø
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Social politics     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1072-4745     ISO Abbreviation:  Soc Polit     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-07     Completed Date:  2010-09-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101520948     Medline TA:  Soc Polit     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  295-322     Citation Subset:  Q    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Budgets / history,  legislation & jurisprudence
Dependency (Psychology)*
Emigrants and Immigrants* / education,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence,  psychology
Emigration and Immigration / history,  legislation & jurisprudence
Family Conflict* / economics,  ethnology,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence,  psychology
Gender Identity*
Government / history
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Marriage* / ethnology,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence,  psychology
Norway / ethnology
Policy Making
Social Problems / economics,  ethnology,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence,  psychology
Social Responsibility
Social Welfare* / economics,  ethnology,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence,  psychology
Spouses / education,  ethnology,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence,  psychology

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