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Denna bok baseras på arbete som pågått i snart två decennier. Den hade inte kommit till stånd om det inte vore för gemensamma ansträngningar som involverar många av de kollegor jag samarbetat med under åren, varav flera är medförfattare till kapitlen som tillsammans utgör denna bok. Ett stort tack till alla er som varit med och bidragit till boken, som medförfattare, projektmedlemmar, kollegiala granskare och kritiska läsare, men också som informanter. Särskilt tack riktas till Aleksandra Ålund och Lars-Göran Karlsson. Tack för att ni gav mig ert förtroende och lät mig ta rygg på er, in i akademin. Sasha, Basso, om det inte hade varit för er, ja då hade jag aldrig fortsatt inom akademin, och den här boken hade aldrig blivit av. Tack. Boken, den påminner till sitt upplägg och anslag om ett blandband, innehållande allt från progg, punk och hårdrock till soul, rock'n'roll och hip-hop. Bidragen är för det första skrivna inte av en och samma person, utan de är skrivna tillsammans, i olika konstellationer. Ansatsen är tvär, där överskridande av disciplinära gränser ses som ett värde i sig när det gäller vetenskapligt arbete. Boken är produkten av en kollektiv process, samarbeten över discipliner och generationer. Boken är därför ingen monografi. Men den är inte heller någon antologi, i traditionell bemärkelse, i den meningen att den består av en samling fristående bidrag som är skrivna av olika personer. Bidragen är skrivna och upplagda på olika sätt, till exempel när det gäller omfång, stil och tempo, ämnesmässigt innehåll och analytisk ansats. Samtidigt vägleds kapitlen av en gemensam vilja att adressera samtida utmaningar – för att på så sätt göra det möjligt att utmana och bidra till förändring. I linje med denna idé har vi månat om att resultatet av denna kollektiva process inte ges ut som en kommersiell produkt, utan snarare blir fritt tillgänglig att använda för alla dem som kan ha nytta av den

Based on research in Swedish multi-ethnic areas, this paper examines discourses of unrest among youth in multi-ethnic, tower-block suburbs. While there is a focus on the mechanisms of racialized social exclusion among the youth, the preoccupation among local actors including social workers, police, principals and representatives of NGOs as is with the 'area of exclusion' itself as causing the problems of urban unrest. Such problematizing highlights broader policy changes in Sweden, where the main responsibility for welfare is put on the individual, rather than on the collective and the state.

In recent years, issues concerning the future of multiethnic Sweden and particularly the situation in multiethnic suburbs have become a salient feature in Swedish politics. One important actor in recent years' debates about the challenges facing multiethnic Sweden is the Swedish Liberal Party. Since the general election of 2002, the party has gained both publicity and electoral support by focusing on issues of integration of migrants and urban segregation in terms of assimilation and intensified demands targeted at the migrant others. In this article, the party's developments in the early 2000s in the areas of integration and urban policy are analyzed within the framework of two general processes in contemporary politics: the politics of racialization and the medialization of politics. The party's interventions in the area of integration and urban policy are built on an intimate as well as complex interplay between racialization and medialization. The agenda articulated by the party, further, has several similarities with the agenda of 'authoritarian populist' movements throughout Europe. Adapted from the source document.

The paper examines the view of popular movements as the hallmark of Swedish democracy, looking at how it is conveyed to "immigrants" involved in popular movements in today's Sweden. Taking as its point of departure Michel Foucault and his theories of governmentality, the paper analyzes techniques of citizen-formation staged in Swedish popular movements, with the aim of including "immigrants" in an imagined "Swedish democratic community". The paper further analyzes two popular movements that have long set the tone of Swedish social and political life, namely the trade union movement and the adult education movement. The work of both movements in relation to "immigrants" is based on an idea that democracy is more or less synonymous with specifically "Swedish traditions". Both movements are viewed as bearers of the "Swedish national heritage". This view, obviously, has a number of far-reaching consequences for the inclusion of "immigrants" in Swedish democracy, as mature "democratic citizens", as well as for the functioning of Swedish democracy at large. The techniques of "democratic schooling" initiated by both movements thereby appears to be some kind of evolutionary process of governmentality, in which "immigrants" are transferred to a different stage of "development". The process involves "us Swedes", on the one side, sharing "our" historical experiences and conveying "our" democratic heritage, while "they", on the other side, abandon their pre-modern, collectivist loyalties and become transformed into modern individuals, i.e. mature, democratic citizens. ; Utbildning, arbete och medborgerlig agens

Since the 1990s, the idea of "mobilization from below" has become a salient feature in Swedish debates on "multiethnic suburbs." In this article, the idea of "mobilization from below" is analyzed in three different policy areas—democracy, urban, and education policy. Following Michel Foucault and his theories of power and governmentality, the ambition of "mobilizing multiethnic suburbs" is analyzed as particular "technologies of government" creating citizens as "active" and "responsible" subjects. In the urge to "activate" citizens, it is argued, a neoliberal agenda has gained momentum in Swedish politics, further emphasizing the role of individual responsibilities and initiatives against public arrangements and interventions.

The concept of civil society has lately become fashionable in political as well as scientificcontexts. This article critically discusses the 'politics of truth' in A Persistent Democracy!, thefinal report of the Swedish Commission on Democracy. The argument in the article is that thereport over-stresses the importance of civil society and the role of individual responsibilitiesand initiatives against public arrangements and interventions, referred to in the report as statepaternalism. The report is making specific 'technologies of government' visible, as it is creatingcitizens as primarily 'moral human beings'. The problem with strategies to 'roll back theState' for the benefit of a civil society of this kind, is that they necessarily open up for inequalitiesand conflicts in-built in civil society. To deepen democracy presupposes a continuouslong-term struggle for changing predominant power structures and unequal distributionsof vital resources, material and non-material. In this perspective, the report of the Swedish Commission on Democracy does not offer an adequate answer to challenging questions forthe future of a vitalized Swedish democracy. ; Reprint ur Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift 2000 (http://www.statsvetenskapligtidskrift.se/section.asp?id=552)

1. Ethnicity : the complexity of boundary creation and social differentiation / Tunde Puskas and Aleksandra Alund -- 2. Migration : sovereignty, borders and control / Martin Qvist, Brigitte Suter and Sara Ahlstedt -- 3. Diaspora : relations and communities across borders / Khalid Khayati and Magnus Dahlstedt -- 4. Citizenship : rights, obligations and changing citizenship ideals / Magnus Dahlstedt, Mikael Rundqvist and Viktor Vesterberg -- 5. Intersectionality : manifold opportunities to grasp the complexities of inequality / Asa-Karin Engstrand and Jennie K. Larsson -- 6. Racism / Stefan Jonsson and Alireza Behtoui -- 7. Populism : protest, democratic challenge and right-wing extremism / Erik Berggren and Anders Neergaard -- 8. Social exclusion : migration and social vulnerability / Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Karin Krifors and Zoran Slavnic -- 9. Labour migration and informalisation : East meets West / Branka Likic-Brboric, Zoran Slavnic and Charles Woolfson.

Each day, in so many aspects of daily life, we are reminded of the significance of migration and ethnicity. This book is a critical contribution to the understanding of the phenomena of migration and ethnicity, from a Swedish vantage point looking outwards towards a European context. It presents current academic debates and gives a theoretical overview of nine key concepts in the field of ethnic and migrations studies, but it also exemplifies how these concepts could be used in analysing specific empirical cases. It explores the following concepts: ethnicity; migration; diaspora; citizenship; intersectionality; racism; right wing populism; social exclusion; and informalisation. The book is interdisciplinary, embracing areas such as labour studies, economic history, ethnicity, business administration, gender studies, literature studies, economics, educational science, social anthropology, social work, sociology and political science.