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Papers by Anne Juberg
Routledge eBooks, Jul 12, 2021
The aim of this paper is to provide insight into the degree to which and how relevant Norwegian p... more The aim of this paper is to provide insight into the degree to which and how relevant Norwegian policy documents conceptualise the chances for inclusion in working life among young adults (18-30) who are not in employment, education and training (NEET) and who have exhibited problems with alcohol or other drugs. We analysed a sample of policy documents inspired by Foucault and Fairclough`s methodology and discussed the results in light of prevailing policy trends within contemporary welfare states and results from relevant research. We found three predominant discourses that tend to govern public opinion in the area: The Medicalisation Discourse, The Stigma Discourse and The Social Investment Discourse. All three can be related to the neoliberal tendency of individualising and medicalising social problems. There seems to be little evidence in epidemiology and other research that substance abuse represents any direct reason for the NEET status among young people. Neither is there any clear evidence that problems with alcohol and drugs among young adults will, in the long run, unambiguously reduce their working capacity. Thus, the identified discourses may contribute to the creation of myths about the NEET population in question. SAMMENDRAG Målet med denne artikkelen er å bidra til innsikt i hvordan jobbsjansene til unge voksne (18-30 år) som verken er i arbeid, utdanning eller arbeidstrening (NEET: Not in Employment, Education or Training) og som har fremvist problemer med alkohol eller andre rusmidler, blir beskrevet og begrepsfestet i norske offentlige dokumenter. Inspirert av Foucault`s og Fairclough`s metodologi har vi analysert et utvalg av disse dokumentene. I artikkelen diskuterer vi resultatene i lys av rådende trender innenfor dagens velferdsstater og resultater fra relevant forskning. Vi fant tre fremtredende diskurser som synes å styre offentlig opinion på det beskrevne området: Medikaliseringsdiskursen, stigmadiskursen og sosial investeringsdiskursen. Alle tre diskurser kan relateres til den nyliberale tendensen til å individualisere og medikalisere sosiale problemer. Det synes imidlertid å vaere begrenset forskningsbelegg innenfor epidemiologisk og annen forskning for at rusproblematikk representerer noen direkte årsak til NEETstatus blant ungdom. Det foreligger heller ikke klart belegg for at problemer med alkohol og andre rusmidler i det lange løp vil redusere arbeidskapasiteten
Social Work Education, 2021
Against neoliberal and new managerial pushes in higher education, educators have a responsibility... more Against neoliberal and new managerial pushes in higher education, educators have a responsibility to engage students in transformational learning and prepare them for the complex world of work. This article describes the use of emancipatory praxis by engaging students in identifying structural sources of advantages and/or privilege, and reports on the data obtained from the written and oral reports of undergraduate social work students taking part in a teaching session on critical reflexivity at a Norwegian University. The data reveal the power of emancipatory praxis in heightening consciousness of intersecting social criteria, such as nationality, race, gender, religion and sexuality in creating obstacles and/or access to power, status and resources. The article lends voice to the students and details their responses to the exercise.
Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2011
Much social work practice with adolescents involved in activities known to be risky, such as expe... more Much social work practice with adolescents involved in activities known to be risky, such as experimentation with substances or petty crime, seems to have been influenced by the conventional input-output model which assumes an unreflected relationship between the present manifestation of risk and adverse future outcomes. This model relies on an uncertain scientific basis and does not really allow for the adolescents’ own reflexivity. This article aims at contributing to the shaping of more reflexive concepts for social work in this area, and is based on material derived from a focus group made up of 17 adolescents from Central Norway, aged 16-18 years old. The major foci of analysis were: i) how the adolescents positioned themselves with regard to conflicting notions of respectability, ii) which constructions of meaning might be attached to this positioning and iii) how the positioning might inform social work practice.
Abstract for Kettil Bruun Society Symposium in Stavanger 2012: “I expected a rowdy and met a spar... more Abstract for Kettil Bruun Society Symposium in Stavanger 2012: “I expected a rowdy and met a sparrow”: Young substance abusers, housing policy and life chances. Abuse of alcohol and other substances of the kind that may affect school or work life attendance, family relations and housing situation tends to nourish anxiety, disrespect and incorrect conceptions not only in the person`s original social environment but as well in neighborhoods and in systems for human assistance. In spite of general agreement that having something one may call a home is basic to anyone, public campaigns against housing projects for substance abusers in normative residential areas; like the “Not in my backyard“- movement is a well-known international phenomenon. As such, housing practices may serve as a barometer of the general normative climate around alcohol and other substances in a given society. Also teens and young adults who from the outset have been fairly well integrated in normative society seem...
Norsk sammendrag: Norsk tittel: Når de ikke har kommet “for langt”: En pragmatisk- refleksiv tiln... more Norsk sammendrag: Norsk tittel: Når de ikke har kommet “for langt”: En pragmatisk- refleksiv tilnærming til rus og kriminalitets- forebygging i konsumentsamfunnet rettet mot utvalgte 16- 18- åringer Avhandlingen bygger på en fokusgruppestudie der 17 ungdommer deltok. Ungdommene hadde det til felles at de hadde fremvist en type atferd i tilknytning til rusmiddelbruk og omgang med lover og regler som vekket bekymring for framtida deres blant voksne som brydde seg om dem. Hensikten med studien var for det første å få innblikk i ungdommenes perspektiver og praksiser når det gjaldt sentrale livsstils- og livsførselstemaer og hvordan de forholdt seg til temaene når de snakket om dem i fokusgruppene. Analysen av dataene var ment å bidra til en forståelse av rus- og kriminalitets-forebygging som var i pakt med de endringene konsumentsamfunnet har brakt med seg. Analysen antyder at ungdommene som deltok i studien i stor grad ga tilslutning til fellesnormer i samfunnet og gjorde grep for å ho...
Social sciences, Dec 20, 2020
Background: The purpose of this article is to explore how a sample of young mothers in contact wi... more Background: The purpose of this article is to explore how a sample of young mothers in contact with child welfare services in Norway narrate their transition to motherhood and their relation with child welfare services. Methods: The article is based on life-course interviews with the mothers, on which we have conducted a content analysis inspired by narrative theory. Results: Results show that whereas the mothers deviated from common expectations of predictability and orderliness before they became mothers, they strived to provide a "good enough" situation for their children in line with expectations in larger society ever after. Nevertheless, the complex disadvantages that the mothers said they had in several life domains concerning social networks and family support, education, working life, housing, and that were apparently already in their transition to adulthood, were likely to increase even after the mothers had decided to enter the mothering role in socially acceptable ways. Conclusions: The article concludes that child welfare services may contribute positively by acknowledging the complexity of young mothers' living context when assessing mothering practices.
Nordic studies on alcohol and drugs, Mar 23, 2017
Aims: This article aims to shed light on the prevalence of problem substance use in individuals w... more Aims: This article aims to shed light on the prevalence of problem substance use in individuals with borderline or mild intellectual disability in Norway, the extent to which their problem use warrants multidisciplinary specialist substance treatment (MST) and whether they receive such treatment at present. Method: We employed a scoping review of international and Norwegian literature and made additional informal literature searches. Results: The prevalence of substance use problems among people with intellectual disability in Norway is uncertain. In spite of representing problem complexity of the kind that warrants MST and the entitlement of all population
Substance abuse, 2021
User involvement in the first phase of treatment is essential for treatment satisfaction among pa... more User involvement in the first phase of treatment is essential for treatment satisfaction among patients with substance use disorders (SUDs). This study explores how patients perceive the first phase of specialized SUD treatment and identifies what promotes and inhibits user involvement. We used a qualitative approach, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 informants admitted to a substance abuse treatment unit in central Norway. The analysis was inspired by a phenomenographical analysis approach, and 4 categories were identified as the core experiences of user involvement during the first phase of SUD treatment: (a) a new hold on life, (b) missing information, (c) the importance of a sense of community, and (d) ambivalence about the usefulness of the treatment. Overlapping elements with Aaron Antonovsky's theoretical framework of salutogenesis were used to support the main findings. The study indicates that activating personal resources (eg, the ability to envision a different life), conveying information in a matter sensitive to patients' current cognitive state, a sense of community, and therapeutic alliance are essential factors to promote user involvement in the first phase of specialized SUD treatment. Based on the findings, we suggest a salutogenesis approach to promote user involvement and provide several ways to employ this approach in the crucial first phase of specialized SUD treatment.
European Journal of Social Work, Jan 29, 2019
rus & avhengighet, 2005
Routledge eBooks, Jul 12, 2021
The aim of this paper is to provide insight into the degree to which and how relevant Norwegian p... more The aim of this paper is to provide insight into the degree to which and how relevant Norwegian policy documents conceptualise the chances for inclusion in working life among young adults (18-30) who are not in employment, education and training (NEET) and who have exhibited problems with alcohol or other drugs. We analysed a sample of policy documents inspired by Foucault and Fairclough`s methodology and discussed the results in light of prevailing policy trends within contemporary welfare states and results from relevant research. We found three predominant discourses that tend to govern public opinion in the area: The Medicalisation Discourse, The Stigma Discourse and The Social Investment Discourse. All three can be related to the neoliberal tendency of individualising and medicalising social problems. There seems to be little evidence in epidemiology and other research that substance abuse represents any direct reason for the NEET status among young people. Neither is there any clear evidence that problems with alcohol and drugs among young adults will, in the long run, unambiguously reduce their working capacity. Thus, the identified discourses may contribute to the creation of myths about the NEET population in question. SAMMENDRAG Målet med denne artikkelen er å bidra til innsikt i hvordan jobbsjansene til unge voksne (18-30 år) som verken er i arbeid, utdanning eller arbeidstrening (NEET: Not in Employment, Education or Training) og som har fremvist problemer med alkohol eller andre rusmidler, blir beskrevet og begrepsfestet i norske offentlige dokumenter. Inspirert av Foucault`s og Fairclough`s metodologi har vi analysert et utvalg av disse dokumentene. I artikkelen diskuterer vi resultatene i lys av rådende trender innenfor dagens velferdsstater og resultater fra relevant forskning. Vi fant tre fremtredende diskurser som synes å styre offentlig opinion på det beskrevne området: Medikaliseringsdiskursen, stigmadiskursen og sosial investeringsdiskursen. Alle tre diskurser kan relateres til den nyliberale tendensen til å individualisere og medikalisere sosiale problemer. Det synes imidlertid å vaere begrenset forskningsbelegg innenfor epidemiologisk og annen forskning for at rusproblematikk representerer noen direkte årsak til NEETstatus blant ungdom. Det foreligger heller ikke klart belegg for at problemer med alkohol og andre rusmidler i det lange løp vil redusere arbeidskapasiteten
Social Work Education, 2021
Against neoliberal and new managerial pushes in higher education, educators have a responsibility... more Against neoliberal and new managerial pushes in higher education, educators have a responsibility to engage students in transformational learning and prepare them for the complex world of work. This article describes the use of emancipatory praxis by engaging students in identifying structural sources of advantages and/or privilege, and reports on the data obtained from the written and oral reports of undergraduate social work students taking part in a teaching session on critical reflexivity at a Norwegian University. The data reveal the power of emancipatory praxis in heightening consciousness of intersecting social criteria, such as nationality, race, gender, religion and sexuality in creating obstacles and/or access to power, status and resources. The article lends voice to the students and details their responses to the exercise.
Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2011
Much social work practice with adolescents involved in activities known to be risky, such as expe... more Much social work practice with adolescents involved in activities known to be risky, such as experimentation with substances or petty crime, seems to have been influenced by the conventional input-output model which assumes an unreflected relationship between the present manifestation of risk and adverse future outcomes. This model relies on an uncertain scientific basis and does not really allow for the adolescents’ own reflexivity. This article aims at contributing to the shaping of more reflexive concepts for social work in this area, and is based on material derived from a focus group made up of 17 adolescents from Central Norway, aged 16-18 years old. The major foci of analysis were: i) how the adolescents positioned themselves with regard to conflicting notions of respectability, ii) which constructions of meaning might be attached to this positioning and iii) how the positioning might inform social work practice.
Abstract for Kettil Bruun Society Symposium in Stavanger 2012: “I expected a rowdy and met a spar... more Abstract for Kettil Bruun Society Symposium in Stavanger 2012: “I expected a rowdy and met a sparrow”: Young substance abusers, housing policy and life chances. Abuse of alcohol and other substances of the kind that may affect school or work life attendance, family relations and housing situation tends to nourish anxiety, disrespect and incorrect conceptions not only in the person`s original social environment but as well in neighborhoods and in systems for human assistance. In spite of general agreement that having something one may call a home is basic to anyone, public campaigns against housing projects for substance abusers in normative residential areas; like the “Not in my backyard“- movement is a well-known international phenomenon. As such, housing practices may serve as a barometer of the general normative climate around alcohol and other substances in a given society. Also teens and young adults who from the outset have been fairly well integrated in normative society seem...
Norsk sammendrag: Norsk tittel: Når de ikke har kommet “for langt”: En pragmatisk- refleksiv tiln... more Norsk sammendrag: Norsk tittel: Når de ikke har kommet “for langt”: En pragmatisk- refleksiv tilnærming til rus og kriminalitets- forebygging i konsumentsamfunnet rettet mot utvalgte 16- 18- åringer Avhandlingen bygger på en fokusgruppestudie der 17 ungdommer deltok. Ungdommene hadde det til felles at de hadde fremvist en type atferd i tilknytning til rusmiddelbruk og omgang med lover og regler som vekket bekymring for framtida deres blant voksne som brydde seg om dem. Hensikten med studien var for det første å få innblikk i ungdommenes perspektiver og praksiser når det gjaldt sentrale livsstils- og livsførselstemaer og hvordan de forholdt seg til temaene når de snakket om dem i fokusgruppene. Analysen av dataene var ment å bidra til en forståelse av rus- og kriminalitets-forebygging som var i pakt med de endringene konsumentsamfunnet har brakt med seg. Analysen antyder at ungdommene som deltok i studien i stor grad ga tilslutning til fellesnormer i samfunnet og gjorde grep for å ho...
Social sciences, Dec 20, 2020
Background: The purpose of this article is to explore how a sample of young mothers in contact wi... more Background: The purpose of this article is to explore how a sample of young mothers in contact with child welfare services in Norway narrate their transition to motherhood and their relation with child welfare services. Methods: The article is based on life-course interviews with the mothers, on which we have conducted a content analysis inspired by narrative theory. Results: Results show that whereas the mothers deviated from common expectations of predictability and orderliness before they became mothers, they strived to provide a "good enough" situation for their children in line with expectations in larger society ever after. Nevertheless, the complex disadvantages that the mothers said they had in several life domains concerning social networks and family support, education, working life, housing, and that were apparently already in their transition to adulthood, were likely to increase even after the mothers had decided to enter the mothering role in socially acceptable ways. Conclusions: The article concludes that child welfare services may contribute positively by acknowledging the complexity of young mothers' living context when assessing mothering practices.
Nordic studies on alcohol and drugs, Mar 23, 2017
Aims: This article aims to shed light on the prevalence of problem substance use in individuals w... more Aims: This article aims to shed light on the prevalence of problem substance use in individuals with borderline or mild intellectual disability in Norway, the extent to which their problem use warrants multidisciplinary specialist substance treatment (MST) and whether they receive such treatment at present. Method: We employed a scoping review of international and Norwegian literature and made additional informal literature searches. Results: The prevalence of substance use problems among people with intellectual disability in Norway is uncertain. In spite of representing problem complexity of the kind that warrants MST and the entitlement of all population
Substance abuse, 2021
User involvement in the first phase of treatment is essential for treatment satisfaction among pa... more User involvement in the first phase of treatment is essential for treatment satisfaction among patients with substance use disorders (SUDs). This study explores how patients perceive the first phase of specialized SUD treatment and identifies what promotes and inhibits user involvement. We used a qualitative approach, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 informants admitted to a substance abuse treatment unit in central Norway. The analysis was inspired by a phenomenographical analysis approach, and 4 categories were identified as the core experiences of user involvement during the first phase of SUD treatment: (a) a new hold on life, (b) missing information, (c) the importance of a sense of community, and (d) ambivalence about the usefulness of the treatment. Overlapping elements with Aaron Antonovsky's theoretical framework of salutogenesis were used to support the main findings. The study indicates that activating personal resources (eg, the ability to envision a different life), conveying information in a matter sensitive to patients' current cognitive state, a sense of community, and therapeutic alliance are essential factors to promote user involvement in the first phase of specialized SUD treatment. Based on the findings, we suggest a salutogenesis approach to promote user involvement and provide several ways to employ this approach in the crucial first phase of specialized SUD treatment.
European Journal of Social Work, Jan 29, 2019
rus & avhengighet, 2005