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Reimagineering the Nation

Essays on Twenty-First-Century Sweden

Carl-Ulrik Schierup editor Anders Neergaard editor Aleksandra Ålund editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:10th Feb '17

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This collection of essays offers a critical analysis of neoliberal transformation as it has unfolded in Sweden, long regarded as exemplary in terms of social welfare, equality and an inclusive multicultural democracy. The book presents a multidisciplinary exposition on Sweden, seen in a wider European perspective. It addresses changing frameworks of citizenship, welfare and democracy, migration and asylum, urban segregation and labour market segmentation and processes of securitization. It illuminates intersecting dimensions of class, gender and racialization and juxtaposes xenophobic populism with new social justice and antiracist movements on a changing political stage. Addressing a growing alignment with retrogressive illiberal policies across Europe, the volume exposes the reach of the adverse direction in which European «integration» is currently heading.

ISBN: 9783631715185

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 570g

376 pages

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