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Fafo is an independent and multidisciplinary research foundation focusing on social welfare and trade policy, labor and living conditions, public health, migration and integration, and transnational security and development issues.
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 Commentary: Are the Palestinians on the edge of a new Intifada?
May 2012
The hunger strike among Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails bears a sharp resemblance to the then-historic strike of 1987. Unlike the Second Intifada, which resembled its violent build-up, this strike, much like that of 1987, is the non-violent fruit of non-violent resistance. However, it remains to be seen if the current hunger strike will result in a similar outburst of massive non-violent resistance as its 1987 counterpart did. This is the subject of Fafo-researcher Akram Atallah's commentary "Are the Palestinians on the edge of a new Intifada?" published at Ma’an New Agency og Al Watan Voice May 12.
 The commentary in Arabic at Ma’an New Agency and Al Watan Voice
Abstract in English: Are the Palestinians on the edge of a new Intifada? |
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May 2012
Fafo's Head of research Morten Bøås has written the article
"MEND: The Nature of an Insurgency" published in e-International Relations on May 11.
The rebellion in the Niger Delta is a combination of efforts based on tactical as well as strategic agency, the insurgency is thus an attempt to address social injustice (a strategy) as well as a mode of production and a way of make a living (a tactic), according to Bøås.
Read the article: MEND: The Nature of an Insurgency |
 New article on Polish migrants and culture at work on Norwegian construction sites
May 2012
Fafo-researcher Jon Horgen Friberg has written the article "Culture at work: Polish migrants in the ethnic division of labour on Norwegian construction sites" published online in Ethnic and Racial Studies. Friberg discusses new ethnic divisions of labour that seem to have been established between the usually native core workforces of construction firms, and Polish migrant workers hired through temporary subcontracting and staffing agencies. Survey data suggest that there is very little mobility between these segments of the labour market. The establishment and reproduction of this ethnic division of labour is analysed through qualitative interviews with Norwegian employers and Polish migrant workers.
Read more and download the article: Culture at work: Polish migrants in the ethnic division of labour on Norwegian construction sites |
 New article: The construction of self in social medias, such as Facebook
May 2012
Fafo-researcher Anne Inga Hilsen has together with Tove Helvik at NTL written the article "The construction of self in social medias, such as Facebook" published online in AI & SOCIETY. What is the primary use of Facebook and how does this differ between generations? These questions are discussed through engaging a group of Facebook users, with clear ideas of why and how they use Facebook, in joint reflections. The participants represent two generations of internet users and the discussion indicate that there are differences in how these two groups relate to social medias.
Read abstract of the article: The construction of self in social medias, such as Facebook |
 New article: Implementing social policy – social workers’ experience from Estonia and Norway
May 2012
Fafo-researcher Arne Backer Grønningsæter has together with Professor Riina Kiik at NTNU written the article "Implementing social policy – social workers’ experience from Estonia and Norway" in Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2012/1. The article discusses similarities and differences between Estonia and Norway, and the aim of the study has been to investigate to what extent the social work profession represents change agents in the social policy framework. The authors conclude that social workers are important actors in implementing changes at the local level, but they seem, however, to be more concerned about the daily encounters with the individual users than about the general policy framework.
Read more and download the article: Implementing social policy – social workers’ experience from Estonia and Norway |
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