Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States

   • Peter Kivisto, Östen Wahlbeck

   Pages 1-21

3. Multiculturalism: From Heterogeneities to Social (In)equalities

   • Thomas Faist

   Pages 22-47

4. Multiculturalism ‘from Below’: Reflections of an Immigrant Ethnographer

   • Ewa Morawska

   Pages 48-73

5. Nordic Multiculturalism: Commonalities and Differences

   • Hugo Stokke

   Pages 74-109

6. Conceptual Change in Postwar Sweden: The Marginalization of Assimilation and the Introduction of Integration

   • Mats Wickström

   Pages 110-139

7. Understanding Swedish Multiculturalism

   • Karin Borevi

   Pages 140-169

8. Danish Anti-multiculturalism? The Significance of the Political Framing of Diversity

   • Sune Lœgaard

   Pages 170-196

9. ‘Let’s Get Together’: Perspectives on Multiculturalism and Local Implications in Denmark

   • Garbi Schmidt

   Pages 197-218

10. Multiculturalism or Assimilation? The Norwegian Welfare State Approach

    • Grete Brochmann, Anne Britt Djuve

    Pages 219-245

11. Norwegian Multicultural Debates in a Scandinavian Comparative Perspective

    • Yngve Lithman

    Pages 246-269

12. Multiculturalism and Nationalism: The Politics of Diversity in Finland

    • Pasi Saukkonen

    Pages 270-294

13. Multicultural Finnish Society and Minority Rights

    • Östen Wahlbeck

    Pages 295-324

14. Reflections on the Future of Multicultural Inclusion in the Nordic Countries

    • Peter Kivisto, Östen Wahlbeck

    Pages 325-339

15. Back Matter

    Pages 340-345

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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.

• assimilation
• desegregation
• Integration
• Minorities
• nationalism
• politics

• Augustana College, USA

  Peter Kivisto

• University of Turku, Finland

  Peter Kivisto

• University of Helsinki, Finland

  Östen Wahlbeck

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

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