ISBN:
9783658339722
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 242 Seiten)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Studien zur Migrations- und Integrationspolitik
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
Uniform Title:
Collective identity and cultural heterogeneity$dthe construction of the self and the other in Denmark and Sweden
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Geugjes, Marilena, 1991 - Collective identity and integration policy in Denmark and Sweden
Dissertation note:
Dissertation Universität Heidelberg 2020
Keywords:
Emigration and immigration.
;
Public policy.
;
Ethnology—Europe.
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Political science.
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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Integration
;
Identität
;
Schweden
;
Dänemark
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Vergleichende politische Wissenschaft
Abstract:
Introduction -- Danishness and Swedishness in Academic Discourse -- Identity and Integration -- Methodology -- (Re-)Constructing Danishness and Swedishness -- Collective Identity and Integration Policy -- Conclusion.
Abstract:
This book discusses the interrelationship between practices of collective self-interpretation, in this case national identity construction, and integration policies, using the example of Denmark and Sweden. Though both countries are considered to be socially progressive and modern, not least by themselves, the author makes the novel and provocative argument that both Denmark and Sweden are caught in a (discourse) paradox when it comes to integration policy, which stands in the way of successful immigrant integration. The author uses an innovative approach to reconstruct the Danish and the Swedish national identity by using social studies schoolbooks and novels as research material, thereby adding an interdisciplinary dimension to the book. About the author Marilena Geugjes is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany. She earned her doctorate in Political Science at Heidelberg University. Her research focuses on migration and integration policy, local politics, and the role of the police. .
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-658-33972-2
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