The end of Swedish exceptionalism? Citizenship, neoliberalism and the politics of exclusion

Race and Class

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-64

  Schierup, Carl Ulrik ^a   Ålund, Aleksandra ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Guest workers; Islamophobia; Labour migration; Managed migration; Muslims; Swedish Democrats; Urban segregation; Youth riots

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959684911     PISSN: 03063968     EISSN: 17413125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306396811406780     Document Type: Article

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