Immigration Policy and the Scandinavian Welfare State 1945-2010

Informationen zum Autor KARIN BOREVI Lecturer in Political Science at the Department of Government, Uppsala University, SwedenHEIDI VAD JØNSSON Fellow at the Department of History, University of Southern Denmark, DenmarkKLAUS PETERSEN Professor of Welfare State History and Director of Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Klappentext This book explores the historical development of post-war immigration politics in Norway! Sweden and Denmark from the perspective of the welfare state! examining how welfare states with high ambitions! generous and inclusive welfare schemes and a strong sense of egalitarianism cope with the pressures of immigration and growing diversities. Zusammenfassung This book explores the historical development of post-war immigration politics in Norway! Sweden and Denmark from the perspective of the welfare state! examining how welfare states with high ambitions! generous and inclusive welfare schemes and a strong sense of egalitarianism cope with the pressures of immigration and growing diversities. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures Preface List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Welfare State, Nation and Immigration; G.Brochmann & A.Hagelund Sweden: The Flagship of Multiculturalism; K.Borevi Denmark; a National Welfare State Meets the World; H.Vad Jonsson & K.Petersen Norway: The Land of the Golden; G.Brochmann & A.Hagelund Comparison: A Model with Three Exceptions?; G.Brochmann & A.Hagelund Bibliography Index

List of contents

List of figures Preface List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Welfare State, Nation and Immigration; G.Brochmann & A.Hagelund Sweden: The Flagship of Multiculturalism; K.Borevi Denmark; a National Welfare State Meets the World; H.Vad Jonsson & K.Petersen Norway: The Land of the Golden; G.Brochmann & A.Hagelund Comparison: A Model with Three Exceptions?; G.Brochmann & A.Hagelund Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: G. Brochmann, Gret Brochmann, Grete Brochmann, Grete Hagelund Brochmann, A. Hagelund, Anniken Hagelund
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9781349337538
• ISBN: 978-1-349-33753-8
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship; Migration, Diasporas and Citiz; Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Migration, B, Ethnic Studies, Welfare State, Social Policy, Welfare, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social welfare & social services, Ethnicity, Social Service, Comparative Politics, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Central / national / federal government policies, Emigration and immigration, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Social Care, Politics of the Welfare State, Human Migration, immigration;migration;migration policy;Nation;politics