Migrationens och etnicitetens epok introducerar en rad begrepp som kan användas för att fördjupa förståelsen av en mängd fenomen och företeelser i samtiden, som på olika sätt kan länkas till frågor om migration och etnicitet. De begrepp som boken introducerar är etnicitet, migration, diaspora, medborgarskap, intersektionalitet, rasism, högerpopulism, social exkludering och informalisering.Bokens ämnesmässiga spännvidd gör den till viktig läsning för studenter och forskare inom en rad ämnen och utbildningar – såsom sociologi, statsvetenskap, socionom- och lärarutbildning.
This dissertation examines how Swedish integration politics have been affected by the Establishment Reform 2010 and the transfer of responsibility for refugee reception to the Swedish Employment Service. In addition to the changes wrought by the transfer of responsibility, the reform also brought an increase in market orientation, the implementation of systems of choice, a conditional activation policy and other fundamental organizational changes. The focus is on actors who, in different ways, have the power to influence how integration policy work is done in practice. The study analyzes what happens when private companies run employment service activities where financial support is contingent upon results, as well as the significance of “Swedishness” in the shaping of integration policy.
The dissertation is an ethnographic one, and the empirical materials consist of interviews with and observations of individuals who work as employment service officials, establishment pilots, and civic orientation guides.
By synthesizing theories on street-level bureaucracies with an intersectional approach, the dissertation shows that the making of integration policy is also a making of inequalities which are based on stereotypical images of “Swedishness” and “immigranthood”. Moreover, the study shows how policy-making is influenced by the perception of Sweden being a gender-equal nation. The analysis makes it clear that the strategies developed by the employment service officials, in order to live up to the requirements imposed upon them regarding activation and results, do not lead to newly arrived immigrants getting closer to entering the labour market. The study also shows that private companies prioritize results and profitability, and focus on the new arrivals with whom they can easiest attain results.