{"title":"Social Work and Domestic Violence in Croatia Through a Gendered Lens","authors":"Jana Kujundžić","doi":"10.5613/rzs.52.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.52.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the gender-blind perception of the social work profession in Croatia and its relation to domestic violence cases. In the past few years, the media and the public have routinely expressed outrage at social workers for not preventing severe cases of violence against women and children. The shift from state socialism to capitalism in Croatian society has considerably affected the profession of social work and facilitated the defunding and understaffing of the welfare sector. I argue that a more nuanced, gendered approach is needed in demanding prevention work from social work centres (SWC). Most studies on the causes of burnout in social workers have ignored the feminisation of the profession and the gendered implication of their precarious professional position and responsibility to protect and help the most vulnerable members of society. The perceptions of social work by other experts working with cases of domestic violence and social workers themselves are important to comprehend a bigger picture of professional judgment and attributions of blame. In-depth interviews were conducted with experts working with domestic violence, including the police, judges, prosecutors, social workers, feminist NGO coordinators, and women’s shelter workers. The feminisation of social work and systemic undervaluing of care work contribute to the easy targeting of social workers while leaving the patriarchal institutionalisation unexplored. For this reason, I conclude that social workers would benefit from class and gender solidary with their clients to fight patriarchal biases.","PeriodicalId":39535,"journal":{"name":"Revija za Sociologiju","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43381579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Istraživanje migracija iz kvalitativne perspektive","authors":"Dunja Poleti Ćosić","doi":"10.5613/rzs.52.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.52.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to present the advantages of a qualitative approach in migration studies. Regardless of its proven validity, the qualitative perspective is still underutilised and remains overshadowed by research inspired by (neo)positivist, quantitative and statistical methods in migration studies. The paper seeks to prove the hypothesis that qualitative research, and the biographical method in particular, enables research on migration in its processuality, provides insight into the interconnection between the structure and the agency in all migration phases, and shines a light on power relations that produce unequal outcomes of these movements. The significance and reach of qualitative approaches have been demonstrated through the analysis of particular methodology solutions and the findings obtained by the research on the contemporary international migration of women from Serbia in the European context. The first section of the paper is a comprehensive overview of the application of theoretical and methodological approaches in migration studies, followed by an elaborate description of individual methodological procedures as well as relevant findings of the mentioned research. The main contribution of this paper is that it shows how qualitative research enables the re-examination and deconstruction of categories within which we are used to observing migrants and which actually represent a reflection of the administrative management of international movements.","PeriodicalId":39535,"journal":{"name":"Revija za Sociologiju","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44657018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is Dating Dead? Modern Dating Among Emerging Adults in Croatia","authors":"Lucija Šutić, Margareta Jelić, Ana Krnić","doi":"10.5613/rzs.52.3.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.52.3.4","url":null,"abstract":"Traditionally, a romantic relationship starts with two people going on dates and developing emotional and then physical closeness. However, social developments and social media have begun to change that. Therefore, the main aim of our qualitative study was to outline modern dating scripts and forms of casual sexual relationships among Croatian emerging adults, and to identify the needs they fulfill. We conducted four focus groups with young people aged 18 to 25, of whom some were unemployed, some employed and some were university students. The results suggest that emerging adults in Croatia equally choose the traditional dating script and modern casual relationships, such as open relationship, friendship with benefits, fuck buddy, booty call, and one-night stand. Long-term relationships are seen as a step before marriage or cohabitation, and some young people try to avoid them until their career and other life circumstances are stable enough. In that sense, casual relationships can be satisfying, at least temporarily. However, they can also be confusing because different people seem to define them in different ways and, accordingly, have different expectations. The present study broadens our understanding of romantic relationships in emerging adulthood, and as one of the first Croatian studies on this topic, makes an important contribution to the field of personal relationships. It can serve not only as a reference for future studies but also as a base for developing prevention programmes that strengthen romantic competence and develop communication skills for emerging adults.","PeriodicalId":39535,"journal":{"name":"Revija za Sociologiju","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44711487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Iskustva i strategije žena u uličnom beskućništvu u Zagrebu","authors":"Paula Greiner","doi":"10.5613/rzs.52.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.52.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"Civilne udruge i osobe koje rade s osobama u beskućništvu često sugeriraju da je beskućništvo kod žena manje često nego kod muškaraca, što potvrđuju i postojeće dostupne statistike. U literaturi je pokazano kako su žene osobito ranjive kad je riječ o beskućništvu, osobito u kontekstu brojnih strukturalnih i društvenih barijera koje pogađaju žene u društvu. Iskustva žena u beskućništvu razlikuju se od iskustava muškaraca te preslikavaju šire rodne nejednakosti. Život na cesti prožet je opasnostima i stalnim izazovima da se zadovolje osnovne potrebe. Korištenje javnih prostora osobito je izazovno za žene u beskućništvu, zbog njihova statusa beskućništva, ali i zbog toga što su žene. Stoga, cilj je rada analizirati žensko iskustvo uličnog beskućništva u Zagrebu, pokazati njegove specifičnosti te identificirati strategije u situacijama različitih oblika isključivanja. U tu svrhu analizirano je deset intervjua provedenih sa šest žena s iskustvom uličnog beskućništva u Zagrebu te terenske bilješke koje su dio širega kvalitativnog istraživanja. U radu se prikazuju iskustva i izazovi života na cesti, koji uključuju osjećaje nesigurnosti i straha, nezadovoljene zdravstvene potrebe, nasilje i seksualno uznemiravanje te isključivanja iz javnih prostora te strategije povezane sa skrivanjem, pronalaskom partnera/grupiranjem i distanciranjem od neželjenih identiteta. Rad ukazuje na važnost prepoznavanja ozbiljnosti i opsega problema beskućništva, osobito ženskoga, te nužnost daljnjeg istraživanja koje uključuje rodne dimenzije i specifičnosti problema.","PeriodicalId":39535,"journal":{"name":"Revija za Sociologiju","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43495512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Vidaković, Matilda Nikolić Ivanišević, Andrea Tokić, Jelena Ombla, Ana Slišković
{"title":"Stavovi hrvatskih građana prema djeci s teškoćama u razvoju","authors":"M. Vidaković, Matilda Nikolić Ivanišević, Andrea Tokić, Jelena Ombla, Ana Slišković","doi":"10.5613/rzs.52.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.52.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati stavove prema djeci s teškoćama u razvoju te razlike u pojedinim aspektima stava (socijalna distanca, osjećanje i ponašanje u blizini djeteta s teškoćama u razvoju) s obzirom na sociodemografske karakteristike sudionika, iskustvo u kontaktu s djecom s teškoćama te razinu znanja o problematici. Istraživanje je provedeno na reprezentativnom uzorku punoljetnih građana RH (N=600) metodom telefonskog anketiranja. Građani RH imaju izrazito pozitivne stavove prema djeci s teškoćama: 86% sudionika se osjeća donekle ili potpuno ugodno u njihovoj blizini, 93% ostvaruje kontakt pri konkretnom susretu, a 70% ih izjavljuje da nema nikakvu socijalnu distancu prema djeci s teškoćama. Žene se, u odnosu na muškarce, osjećaju ugodnije u njihovoj blizini. Osobe nižeg obrazovanja i starije dobi izražavaju veću socijalnu distancu, ali stariji sudionici pri kontaktu otvorenije pristupaju djeci s teškoćama. Znanje se pokazalo važnom odrednicom stava prema djeci s teškoćama u razvoju, pri čemu sudionici s najmanje znanja imaju najizraženiju socijalnu distancu, doživljavaju najveću razinu neugode pri susretu s djecom s teškoćama te rjeđe ulaze u kontakt ili ga iniciraju. Poznavanje djeteta s teškoćom pozitivno se odrazilo na afektivnu i ponašajnu komponentu stava. Nalazi ovog istraživanja upućuju na prihvaćanje djece s teškoćama u razvoju u našem društvu te ističu ulogu znanja i kontakta u borbi protiv stigmatizacije ranjivih skupina.","PeriodicalId":39535,"journal":{"name":"Revija za Sociologiju","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43152897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sociology of Alcohol Consumption – In Search of a Theory","authors":"E. Brezovec","doi":"10.5613/rzs.52.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.52.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"Alcohol consumption takes place in society and because of society. The “social” aspect of this phenomenon gives a meaning that manifests itself in the framework of interaction. This paper discusses basic problems of previous sociological approaches to alcohol consumption: (1) focus on a problem-oriented approach – drinking and alcoholism, (2) abstract empiricism of alcohol consumption, and (3) unclear theoretical background for a sociological approach to alcohol consumption. Focusing exclusively on alcoholism or excessive drinking neglects a number of social dimensions inherent in alcohol consumption. Therefore, when considering this phenomenon in sociological terms, clear theoretical-methodological starting points should be established in order to understand the social consumption of alcohol. The main objective of this paper was to provide a basic paradigmatic and epistemological framework for the development of a sociology of alcohol consumption. The paper starts from the assumption that two theoretical-methodological principles should be considered: methodological individualism and methodological situationism. Each of these approaches has certain advantages and disadvantages, but in further conceptualising the paradigmatic foundations of the sociology of alcohol consumption, the paper proposed a two-level approach, that is, a synthesis of methodological situationism and methodological individualism. However, this synthesis does not constitute a theory of the sociology of alcohol consumption, but a framework for a sociological approach to the phenomenon, as well as the possibility of overcoming the problems presented in the sociological analysis of this topic.","PeriodicalId":39535,"journal":{"name":"Revija za Sociologiju","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46495623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Nas nitko niš' ni' pital\": Medijske reprezentacije slučaja pokušaja uspostave prihvatilišta za tražitelje azila kod Petrinje","authors":"Helena Popović, Drago Župarić-Iljić, Kruno Kardov","doi":"10.5613/rzs.52.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.52.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"U radu se analiziraju medijske reprezentacije migranata s posebnim fokusom na slučaj pokušaja uspostave prihvatilišta za tražitelje azila u naselju Mala Gorica kod Petrinje. Kretanja prisilnih migranata kroz zemlje na balkanskoj ruti nakon zatvaranja Balkanskog koridora stavljaju države u regiji u izazovnu poziciju upravljanja migracijama, te eventualne organizacije i provedbe prihvata i integracije za one koji su u potrebi za međunarodnom izbjegličkom zaštitom ili kojima je ona odobrena. Odabir lokacije i izgradnja ili adaptacija smještajnih objekata, tj. prihvatilišta za tražitelje međunarodne zaštite (azila), često mogu biti mjesta otpora i protesta lokalnog stanovništva zbog odluka vlasti da upravo u njihovoj sredini uspostavi objekt tog tipa i namjene. U procesu informiranja građana i zauzimanja stavova prema \"drugima\", mediji igraju važnu ulogu budući da, uz druge društvene aktere na pozicijama moći, dominantno (su)oblikuju javni diskurs. Korištenjem kvalitativne analize sadržaja medijskih članaka objavljenih od studenoga 2018. do svibnja 2019. godine (N-52) – i temeljene na pristupu analizi dokumenata Altheidea i Schneidera (2017) – identificirani su diskursi, teme i okviri koji pridonose razumijevanju medijske reprezentacije spomenutog fenomena. Prema analizi argumentacije različitih aktera identificirane su tri teme: odnos žrtve i nasilnika, odnos vlasti i naroda te odnos između \"centra\" (Zagreb) i \"periferije\" (Petrinja) – sve tri, u različitim varijacijama, upućuju na problem nejednakosti, odnosno dominacije i subordinacije. Nastavno na njih, identificirana su dva dominantna medijska okvira u izvještavanju: diskurzivna konstrukcija migranata kao društveni problem i sukob kao konstitutivna relacija između društvenih aktera. Taj tip istraživanja omogućuje kritičko promišljanje načina na koji mediji reprezentiraju marginalizirane društvene skupine poput tražitelja azila, što onda potencijalno omogućuje i promjenu tih reprezentacija u javnoj sferi, i to na načine koji bi pridonijeli stvaranju društvenih preduvjeta za inkluzivni i humani tretman marginaliziranih skupina.","PeriodicalId":39535,"journal":{"name":"Revija za Sociologiju","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48919812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“It will be difficult for you to move on from this…” An Autoethnographic Study of Hitting the Glass Ceiling in an Academic Recruitment Process","authors":"Aida Alvinius","doi":"10.5613/rzs.52.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.52.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"This narrative is an autoethnographic study of how discrimination and prejudice counteract the academic meritocratic system. In Sweden, which is one of the most gender-equal countries in the world, opposition to gender equality and prejudices against what is considered the Other can be hidden and thus reproduced in decision-making processes and structures. This narrative shows how a professorial recruitment process bypassed the meritocratic system i.e., the system in which qualifications and educational results in combination with the individual’s achievements should play the greatest role in the promotion process. This is a story about how the supposed meritocracy is twisted and manipulated within university contexts and how the “temperament” of a foreign female researcher is utilised to exclude her from entering through the coveted doors of academic departments. Different experiences, characterised by demanding conditions, have been analysed with the help of gender theoretical perspectives, opposition to gender equality, intercultural perspectives and a number of social psychological perspectives linked to prejudice. The description is interwoven with previous experiences from younger years, which together contribute to an increased understanding of the individual narrative and its specific context.","PeriodicalId":39535,"journal":{"name":"Revija za Sociologiju","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49518034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marxova analiza društvenih oblika i ekonomska sociologija","authors":"Toni Prug","doi":"10.5613/rzs.52.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.52.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"Ovaj članak obrađuje Novo čitanje Marxa, interpretaciju fokusiranu na analizu društvenih i vrijednosnih oblika te pripadajućih društvenih odnosa. Marxova analiza društvenih oblika omogućuje razlikovanje određenih apstrakcija (roba i kapital u kapitalističkom načinu proizvodnje) od općih (proizvod, novac), denaturalizira ekonomsko viđenje proizvodnje i otvara put k mogućem sagledavanju različitih načina proizvodnje i njihovih društvenih karaktera. U članku se tvrdi da analiza društvenih oblika otvara prostor da se polju koje konvencionalno pripada ekonomiji, čije napuštanje obilježava sociologiju veći dio njezine povijesti, ponovo pristupi sociološkom analizom i time ukaže na društvene dimenzije predmeta istraživanja, ujedno propitujući i osporavajući monopol ekonomskih teorija i kategorija. Pokazuje se veza između Marxove analize društvenih oblika i djela drugih klasičnih sociologa te se otvara rasprava o relevantnosti za ekonomsku sociologiju. Pregledom nove ekonomske sociologije ukazuje se na njezine veberijanske korijene koji drastično sužavaju prostor za integraciju Marxova rada. Tvrdi se da je ovdje predstavljenom čitanju Marxa prostor ipak otvoren u šire shvaćenoj suvremenoj ekonomskoj sociologiji koja uključuje širi spektar pristupa i zadržava multiparadigmatski karakter sociologije. Zaključno se ukazuje na kontekst domaće sociologije, njezina odnosa s marksizmom i mogućnostima za unapređenje sociološke literature revalorizacijom marksizma kroz prizmu Novog čitanja Marxa.","PeriodicalId":39535,"journal":{"name":"Revija za Sociologiju","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47089636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stabilnost i/ili promjene? Povjerenje u institucije u Hrvatskoj od 1999. do 2020.","authors":"Kosta Bovan, Nikola Baketa","doi":"10.5613/rzs.52.1.0315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.52.1.0315","url":null,"abstract":"U radu se, na temelju podataka prikupljenih u istraživanjima koja je u osam vremenskih točaka u proteklih dvadeset godina na reprezentativnom uzorku hrvatskih građana proveo Fakultet političkih znanosti, analizira stanje institucionalnog povjerenja u Hrvatskoj. Oslanjajući se na teorijske koncepte Davida Eastona i Pippe Norris te uvažavajući prethodne studije o institucionalnom povjerenju u Hrvatskoj, rad donosi i neke nove elemente. Dok većina prethodnih radova obuhvaća najviše tri točke mjerenja u kratkom vremenskom rasponu i analizi latentne strukture institucionalnog povjerenja pristupa kroz eksploratorni pristup, ovaj se rad temelji na analizi osam vremenskih točaka i analizira prikladnost postojećih teorijskih modela. Usto, analiza fluktuacija u razinama institucionalnog povjerenja temelji se na utvrđivanju invarijantnosti mjerenja, što je važan metodološki doprinos rada. Osnovni rezultati studije mogu se podijeliti u tri grupe. Prvo, na deskriptivnoj razini utvrdili smo da je povjerenje građana u pojedine institucije najčešće ispod srednje vrijednosti na ljestvici od 1 do 5, osim u slučajevima vojske i policije. Drugo, analiza pokazuje da hrvatski građani razlikuju dva tipa institucionalnog povjerenja – povjerenje u predstavničke institucije i povjerenje u institucije sigurnosti. Treće, analiza je pokazala kako se u razdoblju od 1999. do 2020. povjerenje građana u predstavničke institucije smanjilo, dok je povjerenje u institucije sigurnosti ostalo izrazito stabilno. Na temelju toga moguće je izvesti dva važna zaključka. Ponajprije, korištenje invarijantnosti mjerenja trebalo bi postati standardom za buduća istraživanja povjerenja u kojima se uspoređuju različite vremenske točke. Potom, niska razina povjerenja u predstavničke institucije sugerira otuđenost građana od tih institucija i predstavlja problem funkcioniranju predstavničke demokracije u Hrvatskoj.","PeriodicalId":39535,"journal":{"name":"Revija za Sociologiju","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46571889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}