Racial Capitalism: In the Shadow of the Swedish Model (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 358)

The anthology brings racial capitalism to bear on the archetype of welfare capitalism – the Swedish model, referred to as the ‘Nordic Model’. We do this with the aim of qualifying and challenging some institutionalised understandings of welfare capitalism represented by Sweden and, to a lesser extent, Finland. Few studies have focused on continental Europe or the Nordic region. In this edited volume, the focus is on theoretically inspired and empirically grounded analyses of Sweden in the Nordic context, exploring the Swedish capitalist welfare model from a perspective that places processes of racialisation and racial regimes at centre stage.

Contributors are:
Anuhya Bobba, Nicolina Ewards Öberg, Mattias Gardell, Dionysia Jia Ying Kang, Ilhan Kellecioglu, Karin Krifors, Edda Manga, Irene Molina, Diana Mulinari, Paula Maria Mulinari, Anders Neergaard, Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Claudia Tazreiter, Sima Nurali Wolgast, Martin Nurali Wolgast and Aleksandra Ålund.

Irene Molina, Professor in Human Geography at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University. Her main areas of interest are the dynamics of racialization and urban segregation. Among her publications: "Capturing Displacement" International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 49 (4). 852-875.

Diana Mulinari, Professor Emerita of Gender Studies, University of Lund, Sweden. Her work is inspired by anticolonial feminist traditions, A recent publication (co-author) is The impossibility of social inclusion: The ethno-racist welfare discourse in Sweden (Routledge, 2025).

Anders Neergaard, Professor at REMESO, The Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society, Linköping University with research focusing on power, inequality, resistance and social movements. Recent publications are The Power of Silence: Variations in the Reproduction of Racial Capitalism Among White Male-dominated Trade Unions in Sweden (Routledge).