Asylum Case Adjudication in Sweden, Country of Origin Information and Epistemic Violence
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| Název: | Asylum Case Adjudication in Sweden, Country of Origin Information and Epistemic Violence |
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| Autoři: | Joormann, Martin |
| Zdroj: | Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies (PSLS). :125-144 |
| Témata: | Asylum case adjudication, Country of origin information, Swedish migration courts, Interviews with judges, Epistemic violence, Social Work, Social omsorgsvetenskap |
| Popis: | This chapter on country of origin information (COI) draws on the semi-structured interviews I have been conducting between the years 2014 and 2022 with the responsible decision-makers of the Swedish welfare state: migration court judges. By applying Spivak’s concept of ‘epistemic violence’ in my qualitative content analysis of ten of these interviews, I problematise the COI that judges apply when they adjudicate. The epistemic violence embedded in asylum determination procedures in general is influenced by the institutionalised power imbalance that characterises the Swedish asylum system. The analysis of the corresponding power relations—between people seeking asylum from refugee-sending countries and decision-makers of a wealthy welfare state—leads the critical observer to detect parallels with the colonial bureaucratic violence of earlier historical periods. |
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| Přístupová URL adresa: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-98339 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46637-3_7 |
| Databáze: | SwePub |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | This chapter on country of origin information (COI) draws on the semi-structured interviews I have been conducting between the years 2014 and 2022 with the responsible decision-makers of the Swedish welfare state: migration court judges. By applying Spivak’s concept of ‘epistemic violence’ in my qualitative content analysis of ten of these interviews, I problematise the COI that judges apply when they adjudicate. The epistemic violence embedded in asylum determination procedures in general is influenced by the institutionalised power imbalance that characterises the Swedish asylum system. The analysis of the corresponding power relations—between people seeking asylum from refugee-sending countries and decision-makers of a wealthy welfare state—leads the critical observer to detect parallels with the colonial bureaucratic violence of earlier historical periods. |
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| ISSN: | 29479274 29479282 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-46637-3_7 |