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Homelessness and outreach work in a context of hybridization?

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Ondertitel:Het rechtskarakter van de zorg naar persistente dak-en thuisloosheid
U+FFFC Since its decriminalization in 1993, homelessness has mainly been conceptualized as a poverty problem (Maeseele, 2012). The subsequent approach of homelessness has been characterized by U+2018the continuum of care modelU+2019 or U+2018the staircase modelU+2019 (FEANTSA, 2011). This approach fitted seamless with a highly developed field of welfare organizations, as a key feature of the Belgian welfare state. Underpinned by the agenda of welfare rights (Dean, 2002; 2015) and the concept of citizenship (Lister, 1998), access became a pivotal concept in social policy (Clarke, 2004). The processes towards hybridization - as outlined in the panel proposal - are arguably reshaping local strategies and practices towards homeless people. From the perceived obstinacy of certain profiles of homeless people, the notion of U+2018hard to reachU+2019 emerged as a feature of defining the problem (Mikkönen et al., 2007). As such, outreach work (e.g. Andersson, 2011) as a linkage activity between the homeless, social services and society in general. (Olivet et al., 2010) came to the fore. These outreach practices refer to the concept of access as they, according to Clarke, U+201Cchallenge existing social arrangementsU+201D (2004: 1). New approaches affect problem definitions, power relations, strategies and moral categories. However, empirical knowledge on the way outreach workers act upon these processes is rather scarce. From a social pedagogical perspective, emphasis is put on the way these outreach practices intervene in the relation between the individual and society (Wildemeersch, 1995). As social work practices have, to a certain extent, autonomy towards hybridization, it is important to study how these practices act upon the changing context of hybridization. Based on interviews and participant observation in an Antwerp outreach team and their context, internal logics of outreach practice within their changing local context will be discussed.
Boek: Dag van de Sociologie
Pagina's: 55
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