The Challenge of Minority Integration: Politics and Policies in the Nordic Nations

Peter A. Kraus; Peter Kivisto

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Open Poland 2015

The Challenge of Minority Integration

Politics and Policies in the Nordic Nations

Peter A. Kraus and Peter Kivisto

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110441116

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How is solidarity achieved in highly diverse societies - particularly those that have been until recently characterized by rather homogeneous populations? What are the implications of growing levels of diversity on existing social arrangements? These two fundamental questions are explored in this edited collection, which examines the challenges of minority integration in four Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. These nations represent paradigmatic examples of social democratic welfare states that place a premium on a robust package of social rights, combined with policies aimed at reducing levels of class-based inequality and promoting gender equity. All four of these nations have witnessed growing levels of diversity due to immigration and three of them have been forced to rethink their policies concerning the indigenous Sámi, as well as old minority groups. Two introductory chapters, by Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Peter Kivisto, serve as a conceptual framework for the seven case studies that follow, and which, from a variety of perspectives and with differing emphases, analyze the evolving realities in these nations today. Taken together, they offer evidence of the critical issues surrounding attempts to achieve solidarity while valorizing diversity.

Fresh and original approach to studying the politics of diversity in the Nordic context

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Peter A. Kraus, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
Peter Kivisto, Agustana College, Rock Island, USA

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Part I: Framing Integration and Solidarity in Contemporary Liberal Democracies
1 The Meaning of ‘We’ Thomas Hylland Eriksen Publicly Available Download PDF	2
2 The Politics of Integration Peter Kivisto Publicly Available Download PDF	22
Part II: Case Studies from the Nordic Nations
3 Democracy’s Challenge: Nordic Minority Politics in the European Context Peter A. Kraus Publicly Available Download PDF	38
4 Divergence and Convergence in Minority Law and Policies in the Nordic Countries Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark Publicly Available Download PDF	52
5 Migration, Multiculturalism and Gender – a Nordic Perspective Birte Siim Publicly Available Download PDF	71
6 Dynamics of Recognition: Minority Ethnic Access to Transformative Power in the Nordic Welfare State Camilla Nordberg Publicly Available Download PDF	91
7 From Ignorance to Effective Inclusion: The Role of National Minorities within the Finnish Consensus Culture Reetta Toivanen Publicly Available Download PDF	110
8 Orchestrating National Unity: An Assessment of Discourses in Immigrant Legislation and the Surrounding Parliamentary and Public Debates Niko Pyrhönen, Karin Creutz and Marjukka Weide Publicly Available Download PDF	141
9 Social Capital as a Resource for Political Participation: Finland in a Nordic Comparative Perspective Niklas Wilhelmsson Publicly Available Download PDF	176
Index Publicly Available Download PDF	202

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
Audience: Scholars from sociology, political science and social policy.
Pages
- Main content: 216
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 6
- Coloured Illustrations: 1
Keywords: Nordic countries; solidarity; minorities; integration; diversity

eBook

Published: November 27, 2015
ISBN: 9783110441116

Hardcover

Published: July 24, 2015
ISBN: 9783110441109