Newcomers Navigating the Welfare State

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Newcomers Navigating the Welfare State

Experiences of Immigrants and Street-Level Bureaucrats with Belgium's Social Assistance System

De Cuyper, Peter; Vandermeerschen, Hanne; Lafleur, Jean-Michel; Mescoli, Elsa

Leuven University Press

11/2023

320

Mole

Inglês

9789462703827

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction
Elsa Mescoli and Jean-Michel Lafleur

Chapter 1. Conceptualising immigrants' access to social assistance and their interaction with street-level bureaucrats
Roberta Perna and Hanne Vandermeerschen

Chapter 2. Social assistance bureaucracies and new migrants: the Belgian context
Abraham Franssen

Chapter 3. Applying mixed-method design in the study of immigrant social protection
Elsa Mescoli, Angeliki Konstantinidou, Marije Reidsma and Jeremy Mandin

PART I. Social assistance for newly arrived immigrants

Chapter 4. Explaining variations in forms of service delivery for newcomers
Elsa Mescoli, Hanne Vandermeerschen, Adriana Costa Santos and Carla Mascia

Chapter 5. Understanding challenges and pitfalls in the service delivery to newly arrived immigrants
Adriana Costa Santos, Hanne Vandermeerschen and Elsa Mescoli

Chapter 6. Labour market activation and newly arrived immigrants
Hanne Vandermeerschen, Adriana Costa Santos and Elsa Mescoli

Conclusion Part I
Hanne Vandermeerschen

PART II. Policy in practice: the decision-making process

Introduction
Elsa Mescoli

Chapter 7. The allocation of social assistance as a hierarchised decision-making process
Elsa Mescoli and Hanne Vandermeerschen

Chapter 8. The discretion of social workers towards newly arrived migrants
Elsa Mescoli

Conclusion Part II
Elsa Mescoli

PART III. Accessing welfare services in Belgium: the perspective of newly arrived immigrants

Chapter 9. Pathways of access: analysing newly arrived immigrants' access to welfare services
Marije Reidsma and Michelle Crijns

Chapter 10. The newcomers' perception of social assistance provision and its organisation
Adriana Costa Santos and Youri Lou Vertongen

Chapter 11. Developing forms of agency: how do newcomers deal with social services
Jeremy Mandin

Conclusion Part III
Jeremy Mandin

Part IV. Conclusion
Hanne Vandermeerschen and Peter De Cuyper

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Immigrants,social assistance,street-level bureaucracy,accessibility,welfare,service provision,labour market activation