Diversity, Inclusion and Citizenship in Scandinavia

2010 Ann-Helén Bay, Per Strömblad and Bo Bengtsson, "An Introduction to Diversity, Inclusion and Citizenship in Scandinavia", pp. 1–18; Bo Bengtsson, "Political Opportunity Structue and Ethnic Organization: How Political, What Opportunities, Which Structures?, pp. 241–268; Per Strömblad & Per Adman, "From Naïve Newcomers to Critical Citizens? Exploring Political Trust Among Immigrants in Scandinavia", pp. 345–369 in Bo Bengtsson, Per Strömblad and Ann-Helén Bay (ed.), Diversity, Inclusion and Citizenship in Scandinavia. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars.

About the book
Diversity, inclusion and citizenship are highly contested concepts. This book sheds light on how the traditionally homogeneous welfare-states of Scandinavia struggle to develop as democratic societies in the globalisation era. In Denmark, Norway and Sweden, migration from all parts of the world continues to challenge the idea of social citizenship – highly endorsed in the Scandinavian tradition.

The volume brings new perspectives on immigration and integration strategies employed by the three countries, and their consequences for social and political relations. Presenting in-depth analyses, based on up-to-date empirical data, the 19 authors scrutinise a number of dilemmas related to diversity and inclusion in multicultural societies. Exploring tensions in terms of rights and obligations, participation and identity, the chapters provide new insights into the complexity of majority-minority interaction, political traditions and democratic legitimacy.

Drawing on case studies as well as comparative analyses, the authors present new and original empirical findings, and they also offer important theoretical contributions to general social science discourses. Taken together the chapters provide an indispensable source, not only for those seeking to understand the current trends in Scandinavian integration policies, but also for those who are generally interested in issues of diversity, inclusion and citizenship.

The contributors to this book are political scientists and sociologists from Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1
An Introduction to Diversity, Inclusion and Citizenship in Scandinavia
Ann-Helén Bay, Per Strömblad and Bo Bengtsson
CHAPTER 2
Dimensions of Citizenship: European Integration Policies from a Scandinavian Perspective
Karin Borevi
CHAPTER 3
Who is an Immigrant?
Gunnar Myrberg
CHAPTER 4
At the Edge of the Norwegian State? Territorial and Descent- Based Political Membership among Norwegian Sami
Anne Julie Semb
CHAPTER 5
Quotas or no Quotas? Including Politicians of Ethnic Minority Descent in Political Parties
Beret Bråten
CHAPTER 6
Including or Excluding Immigrants? The Impact of Right-Wing Populism in Denmark and Sweden
Kristina Boréus
CHAPTER 7
The Unrepresentative Bureaucracy: Ethnic Representativeness and Segregation in Scandinavian Public Administration
David Karlsson and Nazem Tahvilzadeh
CHAPTER 8
Crossing the Local Community Border: Immigrant Settlement in Norway
Anton Steen
CHAPTER 9
Making Citizens: Theories and Practices of Constructing Citizenship Identities
Ylva Stubbergaard
CHAPTER 10
Political Opportunity Structure and Ethnic Organization: How Political, What Opportunities, Which Structures?
Bo Bengtsson
CHAPTER 11
Political Integration of Minorities: Election Turnout in Norway's Minority Communities
Johannes Bergh and Tor Bjørklund
CHAPTER 12
Civil Society and Political Integration of Immigrants in Norway
Ann-Helén Bay, Henning Finseraas and Anniken Hagelund
CHAPTER 13
Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust in Denmark and Sweden
Henrik Lolle and Lars Torpe
CHAPTER 14
From Naïve Newcomers to Critical Citizens? Exploring Political Trust Among Immigrants in Scandinavia
Per Strömblad and Per Adman
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