04136nam 2200733 450 991053195630332120220517110853.091-87351-58-7(CKB)3710000000323513(EBL)1903571(SSID)ssj0001402794(PQKBManifestationID)12556612(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402794(PQKBWorkID)11364864(PQKB)11463785(MiAaPQ)EBC1903571(Au-PeEL)EBL1903571(OCoLC)898769172(EXLCZ)99371000000032351320220517d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReaching a state of hope refugees, immigrants and the Swedish welfare state, 1930-2000 /edited by Mikael Byström & Pär FrohnertLund, Sweden :Nordic Academic Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (604 p.)Description based upon print version of record.91-87351-23-4 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements and general background; I PERSPECTIVES ON SWEDISH REFUGEE POLICY, 1933-45; Introduction I; 1. Sweden and the refugees, 1933-45; 2. A foreign element within the nation; II THE AGENTS OF REFUGEE POLICY AND RECEPTION, 1933-50; Introduction II; 3. The politics of Jewish refugee aid and relief work in Sweden; 4. Social-democratic solidarity; 5. The last bastion of Swedish refugee policy; 6. Raoul Wallenberg and Swedish humanitarian policy in Budapest; 7. Swedish Jews and the Jewish survivorsIII REFUGEE POLICY IN THE SHADOW OF THE COLD WAR AND SWEDEN'S LABOUR SHORTAGEIntroduction III; 8. From contract workers to political refugees; 9. Ethnic encounters, narratives, and counter-narratives; 10. Controlling the untrustworthy; IV DISCOURSES AND PRACTICE, 1960-2000; Introduction IV; 11. Union solidarity in exchange for adaptation; 12. LO and refugee immigration, 1973-82; 13. Beyond Swedish self-image; V INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND CONCLUSION; Introduction V; 14. The agenda of British refugee policy, 1933-48; 15. Pre-1945 refugee policy as a reference point for post-1945 policy16. Sweden's exceptional ability to organize its immigrationAbbreviations; About the authorsShedding new light on the issues concerning refugees and immigration in 20th-century Sweden, this analysis examines the implications of its immigration policies. On what grounds were refugees admitted? Where did they come from? How did the Swedish state aid its new citizens? What differences were there between refugees and the "imported labor" that was essential to Swedish industry? A group of established Swedish and international historians answer these questions against the background of the eras passed: the Second World War, the Cold War, and the labor movement that shaped the national charRefugeesGovernment policySwedenImmigrantsGovernment policySwedenPublic welfareSwedenHistory20th centuryImmigrantsSwedenHistory20th centuryRefugeesSwedenHistory20th centuryMulticulturalismSwedenForeign workersSwedenSwedenEmigration and immigrationGovernment policySwedenSocial policySwedenEthnic relationsElectronic books.RefugeesGovernment policyImmigrantsGovernment policyPublic welfareHistoryImmigrantsHistoryRefugeesHistoryMulticulturalismForeign workers325.485Byström Mikael1963-Frohnert Pär(Professor of history),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910531956303321Reaching a State of Hope2711521UNINA