Πηγή: Vulnerable Groups and Inclusion
Vulnerable Groups & Inclusion is an international peer reviewed Open Access journal that addresses research on risk groups and marginalization.
In response to the late modern interest in understanding and explaining risk evaluation among people, Vulnerable Groups & Inclusion aims to increase and collate scientific knowledge regarding the processes behind the inclusion of people who are either at risk of becoming marginalized or who are already marginalized (e.g. due to health, in working life, socially, as citizens, in public life, etc.). Recognizing that marginalization can be based on different factors or an interplay among factors – such as in the case of social inequalities in health, disability or illness, with gender, age and ethnicity – investigations into the empirical challenges found among marginalized groups with respect to their participation in working life and society in general are also relevant in this context.
Publishing in the journal is free of charge for 2011 thanks to generous grants from The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research, Mid Sweden University and North Trondelag University College.
Subject matter:
The journal welcomes research from across disciplines and subject matter, including health care sciences, rehabilitation science, public health, social work, philosophy, sociology, psychology, history, disability research, gender studies, gerontology, research on indigenous populations, migration studies, etc.
Qualitative as well as quantitative studies are welcome, just as theoretical and methodological studies and case reports. The editors are particularly interested in stimulating the publication of research results from different countries and on different topics of inclusion related to a global perspective.
Types of articles:
Original research articles, empirical studies, systematic literature reviews, theoretical studies, methodological studies, articles summarizing the state of knowledge within a specific field, case reports, commentaries, debate pieces and book reviews will be considered for publication.
Readership:
By welcoming contributions that are multi-disciplinary and which cut across academic fields and subject matter, the journal aims to be an important source of knowledge for researchers as well as students, professional practitioners, and political decision-makers interested in further developing their knowledge within an area where traditional boundaries within the welfare state and working life have dominated our understandings.