Egalitarian ambitions, constructions of difference: The paradoxes of refugee integration in Sweden

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-295

  Eastmond, Marita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bosnian refugees; Integration paradoxes; Sweden; Welfare system

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ASYLUM SEEKER; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; REFUGEE; SOCIAL CHANGE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 78649917893     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2010.521323     Document Type: Article

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