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‘With a Heavy Heart’: Ethics, Emotions and Rationality in Norwegian Immigration Administration

Author(s) -

Helga Eggebø

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

sociology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.847

H-Index - 109

eISSN - 1469-8684

pISSN - 0038-0385

DOI - 10.1177/0038038512437895

Subject(s) - norwegian , rationality , bureaucracy , immigration , civil servants , negotiation , sociology , administration (probate law) , law , political science , social science , philosophy , linguistics , politics

This article analyses decision-making processes concerning applications for family immigration to Norway by giving an account of the dilemmas and challenges faced by the employees of the Norwegian immigration administration. I argue that these civil servants negotiate two somewhat different ethical principles where the foundation for ethical conduct is either emotion or reason. The article investigates the ethical potential of bureaucracy and aims to contribute to sociological debates about ethics, emotion and rationality

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