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Stigmatization and labeling in society is one of the challenges that families of institutionalized children face. This research aims to investigate how professionals categorize the children and their families, and how, in turn, the categorization process impacts their daily practice and the relationship with families. The case study was conducted in a local children’s institution in Aalborg, Denmark, following an ethnographic approach that included day-time participant observations, semi-structured interviews with a pedagogue and a family therapist, and a “discovery” exercise with pedagogues. The data were analyzed using the two main concepts of categorization and stigmatization. The results show how professionals categorized parents as “resourceful” and “non-resourceful,” causing barriers in their work with the families. Categorization based on “resourceful parent” is a co-constitutive process influenced by the interactions between the Danish system (macro level), the institutional field in which public and private actors operate (meso level), and the everyday interventions of practitioners (micro level). Overall, the process of categorization and labeling shapes the collaboration between professionals and parents, which leads to an overemphasis of particular family traits, with a direct link to the “myth of meritocracy.”
María Alejandra Acosta-Jiménez; Anna Maria Antonios; Veerle Meijer; Claudia Di Matteo. Categorization and Stigmatization of Families Whose Children Are Institutionalized. A Danish Case Study. Genealogy 2021, 5, 76 .
AMA StyleMaría Alejandra Acosta-Jiménez, Anna Maria Antonios, Veerle Meijer, Claudia Di Matteo. Categorization and Stigmatization of Families Whose Children Are Institutionalized. A Danish Case Study. Genealogy. 2021; 5 (3):76.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaría Alejandra Acosta-Jiménez; Anna Maria Antonios; Veerle Meijer; Claudia Di Matteo. 2021. "Categorization and Stigmatization of Families Whose Children Are Institutionalized. A Danish Case Study." Genealogy 5, no. 3: 76.
During the last decades, within the EU context, a new concept has been developed under the label of Active Ageing (AA), intended as a tool to support efforts aimed at adapting the social and economic structure to demographic trends. The vision of a society in which all human beings have agency beyond their position within the labour market is embedded in the idea that a good quality of life throughout the whole life course must be ensured. The AA framework is related to that vision, and therefore, in this chapter, we will first reconstruct the historical development of policies and theories concerning the ageing process, paying particular attention to the conceptualisation of AA. The second part focuses on selected European and international experiences regarding the construction and implementation of policy strategies inspired by mainstream programmatic documents (e.g. WHO, Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing). Finally, the last part highlights the Italian case and the recent efforts undertaken to develop a concerted national strategy in this field.
Claudia Di Matteo; Giovanni Lamura; Andrea Principi. Active Ageing: Conceptual Developments, International Experiences and Recent Policy Strategies in Italy. Handbook of Community Well-Being Research 2021, 593 -607.
AMA StyleClaudia Di Matteo, Giovanni Lamura, Andrea Principi. Active Ageing: Conceptual Developments, International Experiences and Recent Policy Strategies in Italy. Handbook of Community Well-Being Research. 2021; ():593-607.
Chicago/Turabian StyleClaudia Di Matteo; Giovanni Lamura; Andrea Principi. 2021. "Active Ageing: Conceptual Developments, International Experiences and Recent Policy Strategies in Italy." Handbook of Community Well-Being Research , no. : 593-607.
Active ageing (AA) policies aim to improve quality of life of older people by enabling better social participation and inclusion. Despite many international initiatives to promote AA undertaken in recent years, Italy did not systematically address this policy challenge until very recently. This paper presents the first national Plan-of-Action (PoA) (2019–2022) adopted by this country for supporting policy design and recommendation in this field. The PoA aims to create a multilevel, co-managed coordination of AA policies, by involving a network of national and regional policy makers, experts, researchers and stakeholders in civil society. The ad-hoc consultation process established for this purpose helps the recognition of different interests and expectations on AA, fostering new solutions by involvement, consultation and joint discussion of policy options. The PoA is designed to cover the traditional policy cycle, including the stages of agenda setting, policy formulation, decision-making, implementation and monitoring. At the end of the period covered by the PoA, an Italian AA Strategy will be launched to achieve systematic impact in this field, thus ensuring a long-term, sustainable impact on national and regional policy makers, civil society and research community.
Francesco Barbabella; Eralba Cela; Claudia Di Matteo; Marco Socci; Giovanni Lamura; Pietro Checcucci; Andrea Principi. New Multilevel Partnerships and Policy Perspectives on Active Ageing in Italy: A National Plan of Action. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 9585 .
AMA StyleFrancesco Barbabella, Eralba Cela, Claudia Di Matteo, Marco Socci, Giovanni Lamura, Pietro Checcucci, Andrea Principi. New Multilevel Partnerships and Policy Perspectives on Active Ageing in Italy: A National Plan of Action. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (24):9585.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Barbabella; Eralba Cela; Claudia Di Matteo; Marco Socci; Giovanni Lamura; Pietro Checcucci; Andrea Principi. 2020. "New Multilevel Partnerships and Policy Perspectives on Active Ageing in Italy: A National Plan of Action." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 24: 9585.
Claudia Di Matteo; Claire Ganne. The internationalization of social work. Emerging discourses from the Erasmus Mundus Advances program. Social Work Education 2019, 39, 23 -40.
AMA StyleClaudia Di Matteo, Claire Ganne. The internationalization of social work. Emerging discourses from the Erasmus Mundus Advances program. Social Work Education. 2019; 39 (1):23-40.
Chicago/Turabian StyleClaudia Di Matteo; Claire Ganne. 2019. "The internationalization of social work. Emerging discourses from the Erasmus Mundus Advances program." Social Work Education 39, no. 1: 23-40.