Migrants and Welfare States

Balancing Dilemmas in Northern Europe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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This timely book explores how Northern European countries have sought to balance their welfare states with increased levels of migration from low-income countries outside the EU. Using case studies of the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden, leading scholars analyse the varying approaches to this so-called ‘progressive dilemma’. Providing an in-depth analysis of the relationship between public policies and the flow of migrants into these Northern European states, the book considers which destination-country policies most attract asylum seekers and other migrants. Chapters explore how the four states have responded to increased levels of immigration, examining their handling of issues related to integrating admitted applicants into the labour market, educating the children of immigrants, and naturalisation. Concluding with an investigation into contemporary public consensus regarding migrant selection, based on original survey experiments, the book sheds light on an issue that has become both politically and academically salient in Europe since the late 20th century. Interdisciplinary in scope, this expansive book contributes to the emerging field of research in the intersection between European migration studies and welfare studies. Its examination of the states’ varying responses to increased migration will be of significant interest to researchers, policymakers, and public intellectuals in Northern Europe and beyond.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-10-07
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781803923727

Contents:Preface xiii1 Migration and Northern European welfare states 1Christian Albrekt Larsen2 Modelling the inflow of asylum seekers into NorthernEurope: are access to generous welfare benefits and otherpolicies affecting destination choice? 23Anna Diop-Christensen and Lanciné E.N. Diop3 Asylum seekers’ social rights while waiting: comparativeinsights from Denmark, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands 49Karen Nielsen Breidahl4 Labour market policies and refugees: the case of Denmark,Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany 64Rasmus Lind Ravn, Emma Ek Österberg and Trine Lund Thomsen5 Education policies and the dilemmas concerning migrantstudents in the Northern European welfare states: the caseof mother-tongue instruction 95Nanna Ramsing Enemark, Jin Hui Li and Mette Buchardt6 Memories of recognition in school: a survey of young adultimmigrant descendants in Denmark and Sweden 110Kristian Kriegbaum Jensen and Tore Vincents Olsen7 From convergence to divergence? The evolvement ofNorth European citizenship politics 125Kristian Kriegbaum Jensen8 Public opinion about migrant selection in Northern Europe 141Troels Fage Hedegaard and Christian Albrekt Larsen9 Revisiting the progressive dilemma 161Christian Albrekt LarsenReferences 185Index

‘This stimulating book redefines the “progressive dilemma”, the fear that immigration and ethno-racial diversity undermine the welfare state. Drawing on a comprehensive analysis of the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, the book concludes that the tensions between natives and newcomers are real, but the result is not weaker social programs but pressure for more selective immigration. The battles and choices occur at the border.’