"Det är precis som vilket ställe som helst i världen" : En studie om prosociala aktiviteter för ungdomar – insatser, aktörer och samarbete

Sammanfattning: Many Swedish urban neighborhoods have since they were constructed suffered from a bad reputation and have had a lack of strong socioeconomic groups settling there. This study is about a suburb in a medium-sized Swedish town and the purpose is to find out which social problems that exist there. The aim is also to explain the actors who work with adolescents in the area, which interventions and activities are offered, and whether they can be characterized as pro-social, as well as how the cooperation between the actors looks like. A qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews was carried out, involving nine respondents, who are active in the public and nonprofit sector. The interview guide used is designed and divided into different themes based on the survey questions. The result shows that the social problems that mainly distinguishes it selves in the area are unemployment and segregation, and as a result of this a certain family and youth problems occur. There exists a large number of actors in the residential area and thus a variety of actions and activities targeted to children and adolescents exist. Most of these actors cooperate and mainly and foremost, the municipality plays a significant role as a coordinator through a so-called community group, where the majority of all actors participate. Some of the respondents expressed that more organization and commitment are needed. They believe that one of the biggest obstacles to the pro-social efforts is that the residential area has an undeserved bad reputation and that it is particularly the media's stigmatization of the residents that is a major problem, with focus on the young people.