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Migration is one of the key issues in contemporary European politics and society, placing high on the political agenda in local, national and transnational political contexts, and widely debated in the media. All European states must... more
Migration is one of the key issues in contemporary European politics and society, placing high on the political agenda in local, national and transnational political contexts, and widely debated in the media. All European states must grapple with the challenges posed when people move across borders. However, little is known about the relationship between the construction and elaboration of political discourse and its impact on institutions and actors associated with immigration, as well as the lives and everyday realities of frequently vulnerable migrant populations. This book engages with politics and political discourse that relate to and qualify immigration in Europe. It brings together empirical analysis of immigration both topically and contextually, and interprets such empirical evidence with the use of policy and discursive analyses as methodological tools. Thematically, this volume focuses on how discourse and politics operate in issue areas as varied as immigrant integration and multi-level governance, Roma immigration and their respective securitization, the uses of language in determination of asylum applications, gendered immigrants the in informal economy, public perceptions of integration, economic interests and economic nationalism stimulating immigration choices, ideology and entry policies, asylum processes and the institutional evolution of immigration systems. These issues are analyzed with empirical evidence investigating the discursive formulation of immigration in political contexts such as the Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Turkey, Switzerland, Scandinavian states, and Poland. Overall, this volume constitutes a unique effort to elevate the underlying but implicit discursive frames that affect politics of immigration, and that inevitably have institutional, legal, and policy implications. Finally, we offer a portrayal of both the public philosophy that emanates from how political and social actors approach the issue of immigration and politics that affect the functioning of immigration systems as a result.
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... Single chapters have been read and commented on by Erling Annaniassen, Ole Berg, Grete Brochmann, Jon Erik Dølvik, Anne Lise Ellingsæter, and Klas Åmark. I have benefited from reviews of the early version, in particular reviews by Jan... more
... Single chapters have been read and commented on by Erling Annaniassen, Ole Berg, Grete Brochmann, Jon Erik Dølvik, Anne Lise Ellingsæter, and Klas Åmark. I have benefited from reviews of the early version, in particular reviews by Jan Heiret and Knut Kjeldstadli. ...
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In recent years, international trafficking in human beings has become a highly politicized issue at both the national and international level. Perhaps most notably, several United Nations and European Union initiatives have resulted in a... more
In recent years, international trafficking in human beings has become a highly politicized issue at both the national and international level. Perhaps most notably, several United Nations and European Union initiatives have resulted in a series of measures intended to ...
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It is puzzling that social democratic parties are rarely the main focus of attention in the migration policy making literature, despite their crucial role in most European party systems and their frequent tenure in government. In this... more
It is puzzling that social democratic parties are rarely the main focus of attention in the migration policy making literature, despite their crucial role in most European party systems and their frequent tenure in government. In this article, we seek to address this shortcoming by examining key immigration policies advocated by the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) over the past 40 years. This article shows that the SAP believes there are distinct limits to the ability of ‘the people's home’ to make room for immigrants. Given social democracy's clear adherence to notions of solidarity, inclusiveness and internationalism, the empirical findings of this article are counter-intuitive. Specifically, the Swedish Social Democrats have, since the late 1960s, continuously backed, and indeed initiated, strict immigration policies. Party ideology has been the missing factor in understanding these concrete immigration policies.
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Drawing upon current debates as to whether or not cross-border cooperation projects pose a threat to the maintenance of national identity, this article explores the attitudes that inhabitants in the Danish-Swedish region of Øresund hold... more
Drawing upon current debates as to whether or not cross-border cooperation projects pose a threat to the maintenance of national identity, this article explores the attitudes that inhabitants in the Danish-Swedish region of Øresund hold towards their respective nation-states and the emerging cross-border region. Analysis shows that there are sharp differences between Danes and Swedes when it comes to support for the Øresund region, with Swedes far more likely to identify with the cross-border region. These findings are then used to suggest how discussions of identity construction and potential identity trade-offs need to involve significantly greater nuance.
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This article considers whether the cities of Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden, recently joined by the Øresund bridge, ought to be considered as one binational city. Working from the assumption that the project of constructing this... more
This article considers whether the cities of Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden, recently joined by the Øresund bridge, ought to be considered as one binational city. Working from the assumption that the project of constructing this binational city is a top-down endeavor whose success ultimately rests on the degree of support it receives from regional inhabitants, I focus on public opinion survey data collected one year after the opening of the bridge. Analysis shows that there are sharp national differences in the amount of support for the construction of a binational greater metropolitan region. I discuss how these differences may lead to an asymmetrical development for the emerging binational city, with Malmö eclipsed by the Danish capital Copenhagen, as well as how the heavily multi-cultural population of Malmö can impact Danish-Swedish cooperation on the Øresund.
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