Reimagineering the Nation

Aleksandra Ålund

ISBN 10: 3631715188 / ISBN 13: 9783631715185

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2017, 2017

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Neuware -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. 376 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reimagineering the Nation
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631715188
• ISBN 13: 9783631715185
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 25D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 598 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Aleksandra Ålund, Professor at REMESO, The Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society, Linköping University.

Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Professor at REMESO, Linköping University.

Anders Neergaard, Associate Professor at REMESO, Linköping University.