2004
Volume 28, Issue 3
  • E-ISSN: 1388-1302

Abstract

Abstract NL

Met historisch lage werkloosheidscijfers kijken Europese beleidsmakers steeds vaker naar migrantenvrouwen om arbeidstekorten op te vangen. Activeringsbeleid leidt deze vrouwen vaak naar sectoren waar de vraag groot is, zoals huishoudelijk werk en de zorg. Postkoloniaal feministisch onderzoek bekritiseert dit beleid, omdat het een globale zorgketen in stand houdt: middenklassevrouwen schuiven hun huishoudelijke- en zorgtaken door naar onderbetaalde migrantenvrouwen, waardoor structurele onderdrukking niet verdwijnt, maar gewoon wordt verlegd. Deze studie onderzoekt hoe koloniale machtsverhoudingen niet alleen verweven zijn in activeringsbeleid, maar ook in de dagelijkse praktijk van activeringsprogramma’s. Via een etnografische benadering wordt duidelijk hoe koloniale representaties de interacties binnen deze programma’s beïnvloeden. De bevindingen tonen aan dat maatschappelijk werkers, vertrekkend vanuit een victimiserend discours, legitimeren dat migrantenvrouwen worden doorverwezen naar laagbetaalde jobs onder het mom van emancipatie. Dit beperkt echter hun handelingsvermogen, onderdrukt hun competenties en fnuikt hun ambities. In plaats van integratie te bevorderen, versterken activeringsbeleid en -programma’s zo bestaande machtsstructuren en dragen ze bij aan de gender- en raciale marginalisering op de arbeidsmarkt.

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