Knocking on the Doors of Integration: Swedish Integration Policy and the Production of a National Space

Grip, Lena

doi:10.1007/s12134-019-00691-y

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“…Naturens närvaro och betydelse på landsbygden visar sig bland annat genom att jordbruksoch skogsnäring är viktig (Jordbruksverket 2013) men även genom att den ligger till grund för människors upplevelse av livskvalitet (Beach m. fl. 2019;Grip 2020;Stenbacka 2012;Svensson 2006).…”

Section: Syfte Och Forskningsfrågorunclassified

“…Forskning om landsbygd och integration visar att det finns faktorer i landsbygdssamhället som gynnar integration: närheten till människor och platser, avsaknad av segregerade bostadsområden, förekomsten av gemensamma arbetsplatser och offentliga arenor samt ett kollektivt engagemang i vardagen mellan människor och hos lokala institutioner (Aurora-Jonsson & Larsson 2021;Grip 2020;Radford 2016;Stenbacka 2018;Woods 2018).…”

Section: Platsens Betydelse För Integrationunclassified

“…Att som nyanländ i ett mindre samhälle bli sedd som en individ jämfört med "en migrant" i anonyma termer i en storstad, lyfts av nyanlända som betydelsefullt, liksom möjlighet att skapa personliga relationer till lokalsamhällets invånare (Stenbacka 2012;Woods 2018). Det mindre samhället anses även erbjuda nyanlända ett sammanhang att ingå i och en plats att tillhöra, vilket kan vara svårare i större städer (Grip 2020;Woods 2018).…”

Section: Platsens Betydelse För Integrationunclassified

“…2019). Att sociala relationer och lokala sammanhang i många fall kan vara viktigare för integration än strukturella åtgärder (ersättning, bostad, arbete) framhålls av vissa integrationsforskare, eftersom det påverkar människors känsla av att tillhöra ett sammanhang och vara inkluderade i en gemenskap (Ager & Strang 2008;Grip 2020).…”

Section: Platsens Betydelse För Integrationunclassified

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Från monolog till dialog : Integration av nyanlända familjer i landsbygdsförskolor

Löthman

2022

Linköping Studies in Education and Social Sciences

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Preschool is seen as an important integration arena for newly arrived families with young children. The reception of newly arrived families has for a long time been unevenly distributed in the country with a strong concentration on metropolitan areas and larger cities. Consequently, previous research on integration of newly arrived families in Swedish preschools has been conducted in multicultural urban areas. However, since 2015, the number of newly arrived children in rural municipalities has increased. For that reason, it is relevant to also pay attention to how integration is achieved (or challenged) in a rural context. In this study, I examine how preschool practitioners at three rural preschools experienced receiving newly arrived families in 2015/2016. For many of these practitioners, working with linguistic and cultural diversity was at the time a new experience. Therefore, I have been able to study practitioners' narratives about the first steps towards integration and inclusion. Data was generated through focus-group interviews. With integration (Penninx 2019) and inclusion (Petriwskyj 2014) as theoretical starting points, the narratives were analyzed through Bakhtin's theory of dialogism. The findings are presented in two research papers: one that explores integration processes in relation to the migrant parents, and one that focus on the children's inclusion in preschool. The results show that the practitioners describe a change in terms of moving from a monologic to a dialogic stance in relation to the parents and the children. As regards the parents, the dialogic stance meant that the practitioners acknowledged the importance of meeting and discussing differences in experiences and perspectives with the parents. The dialogic encounters, in turn, led to enhanced confidence among the practitioners in facing "otherness", at the same time as they resulted in cultural reflexivity regarding the practitioner's own practices and values. As regards the children, the dialogic stance resulted in a critical examination of existing practices, and led the practitioners to reformulate their sense of preschool "normality". This, in turn, enhanced their flexibility in adjusting preschool's daily routines and practices in accordance with the needs of the children. In sum, the study demonstrates that a dialogical approach is a prerequisite for integration.

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Från monolog till dialog : Integration av nyanlända familjer i landsbygdsförskolor

Löthman

2022

Linköping Studies in Education and Social Sciences

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“…Skjønn forstås dog som en nødvendig del av byråkratisk praksis, og ikke som en motsetning til regler (Satzewich 2015). I tråd med disse perspektivene ser jeg på lokalt integreringsarbeid som noe som ikke bare avgjøres av styresmakter, men som noe som blir til i flyktningarbeidernes daglige møter med flyktningene (se også Grip 2020).…”

Section: Flyktningarbeidere Som Integreringsaktørerunclassified

«Hvordan gjør dere det i andre kommuner?» Fortellinger om integreringsarbeid mellom nærhet og avstand

Sætermo¹

2021

Fortellinger Om Integrering I Norske Lokalsamfunn

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Sammendrag Debattene om hvorvidt man lykkes eller ikke med integrering, har ført til økt oppmerksomhet om lokalsamfunn som de stedene der integreringsprosesser faktisk utspiller seg. Det blir pekt på at lokal integreringspolitikk har andre mål enn den nasjonale, og at pragmatiske trekk ved lokal politikk gjør at den kan ha vel så stor innvirkning på integreringsprosesser. Dette kapittelet argumenterer for at integrering på lokalt nivå også bør forstås i lys av de som står i førstelinja, nemlig de ansatte i flyktningtjenestene. Ved å analysere utvekslinger mellom flyktningarbeidere i ulike kommuner på et nettbasert diskusjonsforum utforsker kapittelet vurderinger og forståelser av integreringsarbeid som former deres praksis. Analysen viser mangfoldet i lokale forståelser og praksiser, samtidig som det gjennom utvekslingene også formes noen større profesjonsfortellinger om hva integreringsarbeid er og bør vaere.

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“We Never Say We Are Integrating People!” Interpretative Repertoires of Integration Among Local Stakeholders in Sweden

Hemmaty,

Lind,

Hansen

et al. 2024

Int. Migration & Integration

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This article examines how local stakeholders in Scania, the southernmost county of Sweden, talk about integration. Drawing on 28 qualitative interviews, we use the theoretical concept of interpretative repertoires to analyze perceptions and conceptualizations among those who work closely with migrant integration. We identify two interpretative repertoires that stakeholders draw upon to make sense of the concept on the ground: the separation and de-migranticization repertoires. The repertoires display a shared understanding among the stakeholders of integration as a failure, although they do not agree on the extent or cause of the perceived failures of integration, or even how the problems should be defined or tackled locally. Within the separation repertoire, integration is failing in terms of processes where primarily migrants are seen as accountable and responsible for their (in)ability to adapt to the Swedish society. Within the de-migranticization repertoire, integration is differently perceived as something that is plagued with misdirected or even false boundaries between groups (in this case “migrants” and “non-migrants”), and authorities are held accountable for problems beyond migrants and migration, such as inequality, racism, and discrimination. The findings reflect the contested field of integration on the ground and contribute to ongoing critical debates on the concept of integration within migration research, by providing snapshots from a bottom-up perspective of local stakeholders’ acceptance of, or resistance to, present-day integration discourses.

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Knocking on the Doors of Integration: Swedish Integration Policy and the Production of a National Space

Cited by 17 publications

References 27 publications

Från monolog till dialog : Integration av nyanlända familjer i landsbygdsförskolor

Från monolog till dialog : Integration av nyanlända familjer i landsbygdsförskolor

«Hvordan gjør dere det i andre kommuner?» Fortellinger om integreringsarbeid mellom nærhet og avstand

“We Never Say We Are Integrating People!” Interpretative Repertoires of Integration Among Local Stakeholders in Sweden

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