Community Work in Danish Non-profit Housing Areas: A Case Study
Author
Kleen, Atticus Kang-San
Term
4. Semester
Publication year
2020
Abstract
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan community work i danske almene boligområder praktiseres i dag, og hvilke udfordringer det står overfor. Med et casestudie analyseres spørgeskemasvar fra tre personer med tilknytning til community work i Danmark samt en dokumentanalyse af en projektrapport fra en NGO. Analysen identificerer fire gennemgående temaer—samarbejde, lokale institutioners betydning, at undgå ghettoisering og indflydelsen fra New Public Management—som diskuteres i forhold til relevante teorier. Fundene fremhæver praksisens komplekse karakter, voksende pres forbundet med neoliberalisme og vedvarende vanskeligheder med integration af indvandrere. Specialet anbefaler, at fremtidig forskning inddrager beboernes perspektiver for bedre at forstå deres erfaringer med community work i disse boligområder.
This thesis examines how community work is practiced in Danish non-profit housing areas today and the challenges it faces. Using a case study design, it analyzes questionnaire responses from three individuals engaged with community work in Denmark and conducts a document analysis of an NGO project report. The analysis identifies four cross-cutting themes—collaboration, the importance of local institutions, avoiding ghettoization, and the influence of New Public Management—and discusses them in relation to relevant theoretical frameworks. Findings highlight the complex, multi-actor nature of practice, growing pressures linked to neoliberalism, and persistent difficulties with immigrant integration. The thesis recommends that future research include residents’ voices to deepen understanding of their experiences with community work in these housing areas.
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