Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States

Herausgegeben:Kivisto, P.; Wahlbeck, Ö.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection addresses the ways that Nordic countries have approached the issue of bringing ethnic minorities into the societal mainstream. With multicultural incorporation as an option, the authors explore the potential impact of the politics of identity in societies with social democratic welfare states committed to redistributive politics.

Produktdetails

• Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-34769-8
• 1st ed. 2013
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781349347698
• ISBN-10: 1349347698
• Artikelnr.: 45005533

Autorenporträt

Karin Borevi, Uppsala University, Sweden Grete Brochmann, University of Oslo, Norway Anne Britt Djuve, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, Norway Thomas Faist, Bielefeld University, Germany Sune Laegaard, Roskilde University, Denmark Yngve Lithman, University of Bergen, Norway Ewa Morawska, University of Essex, UK Pasi Saukkonen, Foundation for Cultural Policy Research, Finland Garbi Schmidt, University of Roskilde, Denmark Hugo Stokke, Political Scientist Mats Wickström, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Inhaltsangabe

1. Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States; Peter Kivisto and Osten Wahlbeck 2. Multiculturalism: From Heterogeneities to Social (In)Equalities; Thomas Faist 3. Multiculturalism 'From Below': Reflections of an Immigrant Ethnographer; Ewa Morawska 4. Nordic Multiculturalism: Commonalities and Differences; Hugo Stokke 5. Conceptual Change in Postwar Sweden: The Marginalization of Assimilation and the Introduction of Integration; Mats Wickstrom 6. Understanding Swedish Multiculturalism; Karin Borevi 7. Danish Anti-multiculturalism? The Significance of the Political Framing of Diversity; Sune Laegaard 8. 'Let's Get Together': Perspectives on Multiculturalism and Local Implications for Denmark; Garbi Schmidt 9. Multiculturalism or Assimilation? The Norwegian Welfare State Approach; Grete Brochmann and Anne Britt Djuve 10. Norwegian Multicultural Debates in a Scandinavian Comparative Perspective; Yngve Lithman 11. Multiculturalism and Nationalism: The Politics of Diversity in Finland; Pasi Saukkonen 12. Multicultural Finnish Society and Minority Rights; Osten Wahlbeck 13. Reflections on the Future of Multicultural Inclusion in the Nordic Countries; Peter Kivisto and Osten Wahlbeck