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Title Debating multiculturalism in the Nordic welfare states / edited by Peter Kivisto and Östen Wahlbeck
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages)
Series Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series
Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series.
Contents 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 Wickstṟm -- 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
Summary Like many other Western democracies, the Nordic countries have vigorously debated whether it is necessary to find new ways of incorporating ethnic minorities into the larger society, leading to the need to decide whether to enter into experiments in multiculturalism or to resist such a prospect. This edited collection addresses the varied ways that four countries have addressed the issue of the inclusion of ethnic minorities - including both old minorities and recent immigrants. Because of their robust social democratic welfare policies, these nations constitute an important research site for exploring the ways in which the politics of identity and recognition play out in societies committed to redistributive politics. Put simply, can the goals of the welfare state and those of multiculturalism coexist in harmony? Are they capable of being mutually reinforcing? Or will they inevitably be at loggerheads, operating in what amounts to a zero-sum game: redistribution at the expense of recognition and vice versa?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Multiculturalism -- Scandinavia
Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies -- Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
Migration, immigration & emigration -- Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
Social welfare & social services -- Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
Central government policies -- Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Society.
Multiculturalism
Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies -- Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
Migration, immigration & emigration -- Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
Social welfare & social services -- Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
Central -- national -- federal government policies -- Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
Society.
Scandinavia
Form Electronic book
Author Kivisto, Peter, 1948- editor.
Wahlbeck, Östen, 1965- editor.
ISBN 9781137318459
1137318457
1349347698
9781349347698