Career Guidance in the Service of Integration in Norway

In 2021, Norway introduced a new Integration Act in which career guidance is expected to contribute to the ‘accelerated integration’ of newly arrived refugees. While there is extensive research on both Norwegian integration and career guidance policies, the position of career guidance in the current integration policy remains underexplored. In this article, we employ Carol Bacchi’s ‘What is the Problem Represented to Be’ (WPR) approach to analyse nine recent Norwegian policy documents that shape the understanding of the integration ‘problems’ that career guidance is intended to address. We ask: How are the problems that career guidance is intended to solve represented in Norwegian integration policy, and what effects can these understandings have on career guidance for refugees? We explore three problem representations in Norwegian integration policy and discuss alternative perspectives on integration and career guidance, which are overlooked in integration policy problematisations.   Sammendrag I 2021 innførte Norge en ny integreringslov der karriereveiledning forventes å bidra til ‘raskere integrering’ av nyankomne flyktninger. Selv om det forskes mye på både norsk integreringspolitikk og karriereveiledningspolitikk, er karriereveiledningens posisjon i den nye integreringspolitikken fortsatt lite utforsket. I denne artikkelen bruker vi Carol Bacchi’s tilnærming ‘What is the Problem Represented to Be’ (WPR) for å analysere ni nyere norske policydokumenter som former forståelsen av integreringsproblemene som karriereveiledning er ment å adressere. Vi spør: ‘Hvordan blir problemene som karriereveiledning er ment å løse, representert i den norske integreringspolitikken, og hvilke effekter kan disse forståelsene ha på karriereveiledning for flyktninger?’. Vi utforsker tre problemrepresentasjoner i norsk integreringspolitikk og diskuterer alternative perspektiver på integrering og karriereveiledning, som blir oversett i integreringspolitiske problematiseringer.   Nøkkelord: Flyktninger; norsk integreringspolitikk; policyanalyse (WPR); karriereveiledning; diskurser

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Nordic Journal of Transitions Careers and Guidance
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.16993/njtcg.96
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Gender Diversity and Inequality
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Career Guidance in the Service of Integration in Norway

Sanna Toiviainen, Anette Vaage Slåtto
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Nordic Journal of Transitions Careers and Guidance
Gender Diversity and Inequality
3.87
article

Career Guidance in the Service of Integration in Norway

Sanna Toiviainen, Anette Vaage Slåtto
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Abstract

In 2021, Norway introduced a new Integration Act in which career guidance is expected to contribute to the ‘accelerated integration’ of newly arrived refugees. While there is extensive research on both Norwegian integration and career guidance policies, the position of career guidance in the current integration policy remains underexplored. In this article, we employ Carol Bacchi’s ‘What is the Problem Represented to Be’ (WPR) approach to analyse nine recent Norwegian policy documents that shape the understanding of the integration ‘problems’ that career guidance is intended to address. We ask: How are the problems that career guidance is intended to solve represented in Norwegian integration policy, and what effects can these understandings have on career guidance for refugees? We explore three problem representations in Norwegian integration policy and discuss alternative perspectives on integration and career guidance, which are overlooked in integration policy problematisations.   Sammendrag I 2021 innførte Norge en ny integreringslov der karriereveiledning forventes å bidra til ‘raskere integrering’ av nyankomne flyktninger. Selv om det forskes mye på både norsk integreringspolitikk og karriereveiledningspolitikk, er karriereveiledningens posisjon i den nye integreringspolitikken fortsatt lite utforsket. I denne artikkelen bruker vi Carol Bacchi’s tilnærming ‘What is the Problem Represented to Be’ (WPR) for å analysere ni nyere norske policydokumenter som former forståelsen av integreringsproblemene som karriereveiledning er ment å adressere. Vi spør: ‘Hvordan blir problemene som karriereveiledning er ment å løse, representert i den norske integreringspolitikken, og hvilke effekter kan disse forståelsene ha på karriereveiledning for flyktninger?’. Vi utforsker tre problemrepresentasjoner i norsk integreringspolitikk og diskuterer alternative perspektiver på integrering og karriereveiledning, som blir oversett i integreringspolitiske problematiseringer.   Nøkkelord: Flyktninger; norsk integreringspolitikk; policyanalyse (WPR); karriereveiledning; diskurser

Nordic Journal of Transitions Careers and GuidanceVol. 6(1)
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Gender Diversity and Inequality
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