On the border of the welfare state : a discourse analysis of Sweden's response to immigration

This thesis seeks to understand how the restrictive immigration policies – taken by the Swedish Government in 2015 as Europe was facing a huge stream of people seeking refuge – could be justified when research demonstrates that Sweden’s national identity is based on humanitarianism and asserts that...

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Main Author: Grebäck, Isabelle
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Försvarshögskolan 2016
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6253