
Maja Sager
Docent | Universitetslektor

Waiting in the welfare lines. Exploring everyday racism as waiting in the migration and unemployment complexes in England and Sweden : Väntan i välfärdens köer: Vardagsrasism som väntan i Englands och Sveriges migrations- och arbetsmarknadskomplex
Författare
Summary, in English
This article explores how different layers of waiting shape the everyday lives of women asylum seekers in the UK and unemployed women in Sweden. We examine the continuity of waiting between and within the migration, labour and welfare complexes. The analysis identifies three layers of everyday waiting: everyday waiting as repetition, everyday waiting as forced and denied work and everyday waiting as invisible and disposable time. We argue that the constant neglect of people’s time–and hence lives–enables exploitation, precarisation and insecurity. The article shows that waiting is a central aspect of how racism is organised and legitimised within the welfare system. While issues of waiting have gained increased attention in social work research, the relationship between waiting and racism remains undertheorised and understudied. This article attempts to contribute to this line of research.
Avdelning/ar
- Genusvetenskap
Publiceringsår
2022
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1019-1029
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Journal of Social Work
Volym
25
Issue
6
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
- Gender Studies
- International Migration and Ethnic Relations
Nyckelord
- European welfare state
- labour
- migration
- Racism
- temporality
- unemployment
- waiting
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1369-1457