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Author Geugjes, Marilena, author.

Title Collective identity and integration policy in Denmark and Sweden / Marilena Geugjes
Published Wiesbaden : Springer VS, [2021]
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Series Studien zur Migrations- und Integrationspolitik
Studien zur Migrations- und Integrationspolitik.
Contents Introduction -- Danishness and Swedishness in Academic Discourse -- Identity and Integration -- Methodology -- (Re- )Constructing Danishness and Swedishness -- Collective Identity and Integration Policy -- Conclusion
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 27, 2021)
Subject Group identity -- Denmark
Group identity -- Sweden
Social integration -- Denmark
Social integration -- Sweden
National characteristics, Danish.
National characteristics, Swedish.
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Group identity
National characteristics, Danish
National characteristics, Swedish
Social integration
SUBJECT Denmark -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Sweden -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Subject Denmark
Sweden
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783658339722
3658339721