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Writing for different audiences Social workers, irregular migrants and fragmented statehood in Belgian welfare bureaucracies
Andreetta, Sophie
2019In Journal of Legal Anthropology, 3 (2), p. 91-110
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Keywords :
anthropology of law; anthropology of the state; bureaucracy; migration; social protection; social assistance; human dignity; governance; public policy
Abstract :
[en] In Belgium, depending on their immigration status, foreigners may be entitled to different forms of social assistance, ranging from emergency medical care to financial benefits. In a context where residence permits are constantly updated, re-examined or withdrawn by the administration, this article explores the ways in which welfare bureaucrats deal with irregular migrants. Based on ethnographic fieldwork at welfare offices in French-speaking Belgium, this article shows that documentary practices in welfare bureaucracies have the effect of both restricting access to social assistance and aiding irregular migrants in bringing cases against the administration. This article thus also delves into the double-edged relationship of the social workers to the state by focusing on the competing norms and interpretations of law they encounter on a daily basis.
Disciplines :
Anthropology
Author, co-author :
Andreetta, Sophie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences sociales > Labo d'anthropologie sociale et culturelle (LASC)
Language :
English
Title :
Writing for different audiences Social workers, irregular migrants and fragmented statehood in Belgian welfare bureaucracies
Publication date :
December 2019
Journal title :
Journal of Legal Anthropology
Publisher :
Berghahn
Special issue title :
Governing migration through paperwork
Volume :
3
Issue :
2
Pages :
91-110
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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