(Un)Conditional Welfare? Tensions Between Welfare Rights and Migration Control in Swiss Case Law
This analysis of Swiss Federal Supreme Court judgements shows the coupling of welfare and migration control. Foreign nationals depending on social assistance might face the withdrawal of their residence permits. We show how the conveyed legal logics create conditionality of rights and a differentiat...
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| author | Borrelli Lisa Marie Kurt Stefanie Achermann Christin Pfirter Luca |
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| description | This analysis of Swiss Federal Supreme Court judgements shows the coupling of welfare and migration control. Foreign nationals depending on social assistance might face the withdrawal of their residence permits. We show how the conveyed legal logics create conditionality of rights and a differentiation of (non-)citizens. The judgements individualise social assistance dependence and follow a neoliberal logic of economic participation. They establish rationalities which reinforce politics of belonging and welfare chauvinism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-88b8506cdccc4b02a401c77036631ac62025-08-20T01:54:54ZdeuSeismo VerlagSwiss Journal of Sociology2297-83482021-03-014719311410.2478/sjs-2021-0008(Un)Conditional Welfare? Tensions Between Welfare Rights and Migration Control in Swiss Case LawBorrelli Lisa Marie0Kurt Stefanie1Achermann Christin2Pfirter Luca3HES-SO Valais-Wallis, CH-3960 SierreHES-SO Valais-Wallis, CH-3960 SierreUniversity of Neuchâtel, CH-2000NeuchâtelUniversity of Neuchâtel, CH-2000NeuchâtelThis analysis of Swiss Federal Supreme Court judgements shows the coupling of welfare and migration control. Foreign nationals depending on social assistance might face the withdrawal of their residence permits. We show how the conveyed legal logics create conditionality of rights and a differentiation of (non-)citizens. The judgements individualise social assistance dependence and follow a neoliberal logic of economic participation. They establish rationalities which reinforce politics of belonging and welfare chauvinism.https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0008social assistancemigration controlwelfare chauvinismexclusioncase law |
| spellingShingle | Borrelli Lisa Marie Kurt Stefanie Achermann Christin Pfirter Luca (Un)Conditional Welfare? Tensions Between Welfare Rights and Migration Control in Swiss Case Law Swiss Journal of Sociology social assistance migration control welfare chauvinism exclusion case law |
| title | (Un)Conditional Welfare? Tensions Between Welfare Rights and Migration Control in Swiss Case Law |
| title_full | (Un)Conditional Welfare? Tensions Between Welfare Rights and Migration Control in Swiss Case Law |
| title_fullStr | (Un)Conditional Welfare? Tensions Between Welfare Rights and Migration Control in Swiss Case Law |
| title_full_unstemmed | (Un)Conditional Welfare? Tensions Between Welfare Rights and Migration Control in Swiss Case Law |
| title_short | (Un)Conditional Welfare? Tensions Between Welfare Rights and Migration Control in Swiss Case Law |
| title_sort | un conditional welfare tensions between welfare rights and migration control in swiss case law |
| topic | social assistance migration control welfare chauvinism exclusion case law |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0008 |
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