Special issue: Social Pedagogy in the Nordic Countries

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Caswell
Keyword(s):  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Pedagogy

scholarly journals Editorial: Special issue on social pedagogy in the Nordic countries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Nivala
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Social Education ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
Editorial Special Issue ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Pedagogical Discussion

This International Journal of Social Pedagogy special issue on Social Pedagogy in the Nordic Countries generally stems from Hämäläinen’s (2012) definition of two main developmental lines of social pedagogy: a line of social care and welfare activities preventing and alleviating social exclusion, and a line of social education supporting growth into membership of society. In the Nordic countries, both of these lines exist in social pedagogical discussion, research and practice. The special issue aims to both discuss the existence of these lines as such and show examples of social pedagogical work in the arenas of both general and special social education.

scholarly journals Social Pedagogy — A New, Familiar Tradition? Some Thoughts on the Special Issue

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 173-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Holthoff ◽  
Gabriel Eichsteller
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Pedagogy

Socio-pedagogical knowledge expertise across the social care sectors in Northern Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
Irena Dychawy Rosner
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
The Body ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Cooperative Process

A major challenge in contemporary welfare societies is the delivery of services affirming people’s expectations for their life standard, health and social care services. For decades, there has been a search to understand new ways of conceptualising social pedagogy as a field of practice, as a theory, and as a programme design and implementation. Despite the growing body of literature on social pedagogy, to date, little has been written on the subject of the unique complexities of social pedagogy knowledge expertise when bridging the supporting relationships between an individual and the social dimensions in his/her world. Based on research conducted in Northern Europe, particularly focusing on Denmark and Sweden, the aim of this special issue of International Journal of Papers of Social Pedagogy (PSP) on Contemporary Issues in Social Pedagogy in Northern Europe is to convey the central importance of social pedagogy for the study of vitality and diversity behind social pedagogy thought. The presented research projects in this special issue are, in their foundation, associated with a constructivist approach that views the body of knowledge development as an active and cooperative process of knowledge construction and its application in social pedagogy discipline. This article intends to provide a general perspective concerning the presence of various knowledge forms according to the search for, and implementation of, thinking and acting in a social pedagogy inspired way, and working under various conditions.

scholarly journals Special Issue of Selected Contributions from the Seventh Swedish Language Technology Conference (SLTC 2018)

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hercules Dalianis ◽  
Robert Östling ◽  
Rebecka Weegar ◽  
Mats Wirén
Keyword(s):  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Language Technology ◽  
International Participation

This Special Issue contains three papers that are extended versions of abstracts presented at the Seventh Swedish Language Technology Conference (SLTC 2018), held at Stockholm University 8-9 November 2018.1 SLTC 2018 received 34 submissions, of which 31 were accepted for presentation. The number of registered participants was 113, including both attendees at SLTC 2018 and two co-located workshops that took place on 7 November. 32 participants were internationally affiliated, of which 14 were from outside the Nordic countries. Overall participation was thus on a par with previous editions of SLTC, but international participation was higher.

scholarly journals Gendered Labor Market (dis)advantages in Nordic Welfare States. Introduction to the Theme of the Special Issue

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armi Mustosmäki ◽  
Liza Reisel ◽  
Tiina Sihto ◽  
Mari Teigen
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Friendly Societies ◽  
Welfare State Policies

Gender equality has been named as one of the normative foundations of Nordic wel- fare states. This is reflected in how, year after year, Nordic states rank among the most gender egalitarian countries in the world (see, e.g., World Economic Forum 2020). In Nordic countries, the state has been, and continues to be, a central actor in shaping women’s citizenship, labor market opportunities, and caring roles. Especially publicly funded welfare services and policies that facilitate the reconciliation of work and care have played a major part in advancing women’s labor market participation (see, e.g., Bergquist et al. 1999; Borchorst & Siim 2002; Ellingsæter & Leira 2006; Siim & Stoltz 2015). The institutional framework of Nordic welfare state policies has been central to what has been called the ‘social democratic public service route’ (Walby 2004).One of the important building blocks of gender equality has been the aim of making policies in Nordic countries ‘women-friendly’. More than 30 years ago, Helga Hernes (1987) identified the Nordic countries as ‘potentially women-friendly societies’. She characterized women-friendly societies as those that ‘would not force harder choices on women than on men’ (ibid., 15), particularly in relation to work and care. Hernes also envisaged that woman-friendliness should be achieved without increasing other forms of inequality, such as class or ethnicity-based inequalities among different groups of women.However, achieving gender equality in working life and the sort of women- friendliness that Hernes envisaged at the societal level has in many ways also proved to be challenging, as the ties between the state and gender equality goals are more complex than what they might seem at first glance. Gender disparities have proven persistent also within the Nordic context. When we issued a call for this special issue, we were interested in various forms of gendered labor market (dis)advantage in Nordic countries. Furthermore, we asked how gender segregation, welfare state policies, labor marketpolicies, and various labor market actors interact to produce, maintain, challenge, or change gender equality in the labor market in the Nordic countries and beyond. The five articles presented in this special issue address the issue of gendered labor market (dis)advantages in Nordic countries from several vantage points, focusing on both on ‘traditional’ questions, such as corporate power and sustainable employment, and ‘emerging’ questions such as intersectionality, gender culture, and aesthetic work.

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