1. Introduction; Hanne Warming and Kristian Fahnøe.- 2. Citizenship on the edge: homeless outreach and the city; Tom Hall.- 3. Spaces of surveillance and citizenship learning opportunities in a 24-hour care institution; Michael Christensen.- 4. The role of social work practice and policy for the lived citizenship of young people with psychological disorder; Hanne Warming.- 5. Exploring norms about citizenship in stories of young people with “psychological vulnerabilities; Manon Lavaud.- 6. Social repair of relations: Rights and belonging in outreach work with homeless people; Kristian Fahnøe.- 7. For a pragmatic approach of children’s citizenship: the case of school social work in France; Pascale Garnier.- 9. From objects of care to citizens – young carers’ citizenship; Anne Wihstutz.- 10. Migrant Women’s Intimate Struggles and Lived Citizenship. Experiences from Southern Europe; Daniela Cherubini.- 11. Geo-politics and Citizenship: Why geography matters in defining social citizenship rights of Canadian Muslim youth; Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha.- 12. Conclusion; Kristian Fahnøe and Hanne Warming.

This edited collection presents the concept of lived citizenship as a fruitful avenue for exploring the role played by social work practices in the lives of people in vulnerable positions. The book centres on the everyday experiences through which people practice, negotiate, understand and feel their citizenship. The authors offer both empirical analyses of how social work influences the rights, obligations, identities and belongings of children, homeless people, migrants, ethnic minorities, and young people with mental disabilities; and a theoretical framework for analysing the complexities of social work.

Drawing on the notion of intimate citizenship and an understanding of citizenship as socio-spatial, the theoretical framework addresses the challenges of enhancing the agency of social work clients and of promoting inclusive citizenship, and how these challenges are shaped by emotions, affect, rationality, materiality, power relations, policies and managerial strategies.

Lived Citizenship on the Edge of Society will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including social policy and social work. 

Contains empirical data from a range of countries wordlwide Analyses how social work practices can either undermine or strengthen our understanding of vulnerable groups' citizenship Promotes reflexive practice in social work Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras