State assisted integration: Refugee integration policies in Scandinavian welfare states: The Swedish and Norwegian experience

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-483

  Valenta, Marko ^a   Bunar, Nihad ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Employment assistance; Housing; Norway; Refugee integration; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; POLICY MAKING; REFUGEE; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 78649902849     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/feq028     Document Type: Article

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