The civic turn of immigrant integration policies in the Scandinavian welfare states

Borevi, Karin; Jensen, Kristian Kriegbaum; Mouritsen, Per

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“…However, immigrants have long been seen as a temporary workforce in Iceland, representing numbers so small that they could be neglected in official policy making. Hence, Iceland has been lagging behind in the theoretical and practical debates surrounding the civic integration of immigrants, which has long been a priority in Western Europe (Joppke 2017) and in the Nordic countries (Borevi et al 2017;Simonsen 2017). Only in the last decade, with the rise of the immigrant population in Iceland, have there been policies in place concerning the integration of immigrants into Icelandic society (Félagsmálaráðuneytið 2007).…”

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The politics of diversity: Social and political integration of immigrants in Iceland

Einarsdóttir¹,

Heijstra²,

Rafnsdóttir³

2018

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The ethnic diversity of modern states raises the question of where successful countries are in terms of immigrant inclusion. The number of immigrants in Iceland has increased significantly since 2004, and by the end of 2016, immigrants made up around 10% of the population of Iceland. Research reveals a gap between immigrants and natives in terms of social and political inclusion. This paper examines the social and political integration of male and female immigrants in Iceland via comparisons with the native population. We ask how native Icelanders and people with a non-Icelandic background experience their social position and political participation within Icelandic society. We focus on political efficacy, ideas about what makes a good citizen, and subjective status position as indicators of the degree of social and political integration. We use data from the 2014 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) on Citizenship, which is based on a random sample of 2,000 individuals and random samples of 600 individuals each targeting two of the largest immigrant groups in Iceland—Lithuanians and Poles—as well as the largest Asian immigrant group: Filipinos. Although the findings show integration of immigrants up to a certain extent, the differences between Icelandic and non-Icelandic participants are apparent and include certain disadvantages for participants with a foreign background. Although other variables—such as income, education, paid employment status, and age—play a larger role in social and political status than foreign nationality, the findings of this study suggest that there is room to improve the integration of immigrants in Iceland.

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The politics of diversity: Social and political integration of immigrants in Iceland

Einarsdóttir¹,

Heijstra²,

Rafnsdóttir³

2018

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“…Policies can also be collected at the subnational level (Kraal & Vertovec, ), including across cantons (Manatschal & Stadelmann‐Steffen, , ), regions (Strazzari, ), and cities (Caponio, ). Further still, applicable rules exist in different policy domains, including establishing legal status (Borevi, Jensen, & Mouritsen, ; Goodman, ), family reunification (Bech, Borevi, & Mouritsen, ; Bonjour, ) but also welfare (Boucher, ), and other social policies (Baldi & Goodman, ). As researchers rely on different sources to assemble integration policy across these many domains, including myriad ministries—from the Home Office to Justice and Welfare—as well as, typically, the use of country experts as coders (e.g., the Immigration Policies in Comparison project, or IMPIC), there is a pressing need to establish external validity of unique measures.…”

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Studying Public Policy through Immigration Policy: Advances in Theory and Measurement

Filindra¹,

Goodman²

2019

Policy Studies Journal

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This essay provides a critical review of the field of immigration policy studies from the perspective of measurement and modeling. It serves to contextualize and broaden the views presented in the special issue. As such, we combine insights from American and comparative politics, pinpoint key limitations and challenges in the field, and identify areas of strength within each subfield which could inform theory and measurement development for the other. Ultimately, the concerns about conceptualization, definition, and measurement that we identify and discuss herein, do not apply only to immigration policy studies but to policy studies writ large.

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“…20 I en interessant sammenligning anføres det at Norge praktiserer kulturell og identitetsbasert samhørighet tilsvarende Danmark. 21 Andre peker på at i Danmark er det politiske idealet «samhørighet som homogenitet», 22 noe som skiller seg fra Norges mangfoldspolitikk. 23 Andre forskjeller er at Norge bygger på ekspert-kommisjoner og menneskerettigheter, mens Danmark preges av det som omtales som en populist-kommunitaristisk kontekst.…”

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Galt samme hva vi gjør? Staten og romanifolket/taterne

Haugen¹

2019

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Norge har et menneskerettsansvar for sine nasjonale minoriteter, og stilles til ansvar for sin politikk av to overvåkingskomiteer under Europarådet. Norges faktiske politikk overfor en av disse, romanifolket/taterne, er krevende som følge av en hardhendt statlig politikk opp til 1980-tallet, som skapte mistillit. Artikkelen spør også om plikten til å sikre kultur-og språkbevaring vil kreve en form for tidsbegrenset segregering av romanifolket/taterne. Er menneskerettighetsforpliktelsene umulig å overholde? NØKKELORD Europarådet, nasjonale minoriteter, Norge, segregering, tvangsassimilering ABSTRACT Norway has human rights obligations for its national minorities and is held accountable for its policy by two monitoring committees under the Council of Europe. Norway's actual policy towards one of these, the Romani people/tater, faces difficulties due to the result of the harsh public policies until the 1980s, resulting in distrust. The article also asks whether the duty to uphold culture and language will require a form of temporal segregation of the Romani people/tater. Are the human rights obligations impossible to comply with?

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The civic turn of immigrant integration policies in the Scandinavian welfare states

Cited by 53 publications

References 47 publications

The politics of diversity: Social and political integration of immigrants in Iceland

The politics of diversity: Social and political integration of immigrants in Iceland

Studying Public Policy through Immigration Policy: Advances in Theory and Measurement

Galt samme hva vi gjør? Staten og romanifolket/taterne

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