Per Mouritsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 117146 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Per Mouritsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Per |
| FAMILY NAME | Mouritsen |
| SIGNATURE | MOURITSEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 319 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Do restrictive policies suppress national identification? A comparative study of muslim and non-muslim immigrant descendants in Scandinavia
There is a widespread assumption in many Western European countries that certain immigrant groups and their descendants are reluctant to identify with the host nation. A substantial body of research has documented how factors such as religiosity, perceived discrimination and inter-ethnic contact may serve as determinants of national identification, broadly defined as the emotional and cognitive bond between self and nation. By contrast, we know l…
No trade-off between parent choice and democratic citizenship: A comparison of 9 th grade pupils in Danish Muslim and state schools
The public funding or even toleration of religious minority schools, particularly Muslim faith schools, is controversial in West European countries. Political theorists often posit that parents’ right to choose these schools conflicts with the equally or more important societal concerns with child autonomy and civic integration or education to liberal-democratic citizenship. Yet, few empirical studies have addressed the issue and findings are mix…
Roadblocks to citizenship: Selection Effects of Restrictive Naturalisation Rules
With rising requirements for citizenship across Western Europe, Denmark is one of the restrictive ‘leaders,’ with tough rules for language ability, economic self-support, and a clean criminal record. But what do these restrictions mean for newcomers’ ability to qualify, and how does this differ between different types of immigrants? Using register data on refugees and family migrants who immigrated to Denmark between 2001 and 2009, we show that t…
Assessments of citizenship criteria: Are Immigrants More Liberal
The literature on citizenship policies is flourishing, yet we know little of which naturalisation requirements majorities and minorities find reasonable, and how they view existing citizenship regimes. Drawing on original survey data with young adults in Norway (N = 3535), comprising immigrants and descendants with origins from Iraq, Pakistan, Poland, Somalia and Turkey, as well as a non-immigrant majority group, this article examines whether per…
Introduction: Theorizing the civic turn in European integration policies
Many authors have written about the ‘civic turn’ in European immigrant integration politics and policies that began in the late 1990s, but few have focused on the conceptual or normative dimensions of this turn. The purpose of this special issue is to help correct this situation. In this substantive introductory article, we begin with a discussion of the ‘convergence or national models’ debate that dominated early work on the subject. The next se…
Leitkultur debates as civic integration in North-Western Europe: The nationalism of ‘values’ and ‘good citizenship
Political responses to ethno-religious diversity often include the idea of a common culture or (core) values, e.g., the German Leitkultur and comparable concepts in Denmark and the Netherlands. These intellectual debates underlie and inform different types of civic integration policies. Their structure demonstrates the discursive connection between the ostensibly liberal and universal components of the latter – which are often heralded as signs o…
The civic turn of immigrant integration policies in the Scandinavian welfare states
This special issue addresses the question of how to understand the civic turn within immigrant integration in the West towards programs and instruments, public discourses and political intentions, which aim to condition, incentivize, and shape through socialization immigrants into 'citizens'. Empirically, it focuses on the less studied Scandinavian cases of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. In this introduction, we situate the contributions to this sp…
A ‘civic turn’ in Scandinavian family migration policies? Comparing Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Family migration policy, once basing citizens and resident foreigners' possibilities to bring in foreign family members mainly on the right to family life, is increasingly a tool states use to limit immigration and to push newcomers to integrate into civic and economic life. The family migration policies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden range widely - from more minimal support and age requirements to high expectations of language skills, work record…
Nationalism in a Liberal Register: Beyond the ‘Paradox of Universalism’ in Immigrant Integration Politics
In recent years scholars have observed a restrictive turn in West European immigrant integration policies towards conditioning access to permanent residence and citizenship on language proficiency, knowledge of history, institutions, culture and political values, national loyalty and labour market integration. This has been accompanied by a strong reaction among European politicians and publics emphasizing that newcomers must share in certain lib…
Examining 'Postmulticultural' and Civic Turns in the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, and Denmark
There is a widely shared view that the appeal of multiculturalism as a public policy has suffered considerable political damage. In many European states the turn to "civic" measures and discourses has been deemed more suitable for the objectives of minority integration and the promotion of preferred modes of social and political unity. It is therefore said that the first decade of the new century has been characterized by a reorientation in immig…
The resilience of citizenship traditions: Civic integration in Germany, Great Britain and Denmark
Many western European states are adopting integration and naturalization policies that focus on the practices, values and identities of citizenship. On this background, and given the combined crisis of multiculturalism and decline of old-school ethno-nationalism, it has been argued that national, cultural–ideological distinctiveness matters less for what is traditionally the heartland of national sovereignty and identity. A comparison of three ci…
Denmark between liberalism and nationalism
n What explains the restrictive turn towards immigrants in European countries like Denmark? Are countries returning to nationalism, or are they following a general European trend towards a perfectionist, even `repressive? liberalism that seeks to create `liberal people? out of immigrants? Recent developments in Danish policies of integration and citizenship, education and anti-discrimination suggest a combination of these two diagnoses. The curre…
Political cultures compared: The Muhammad cartoons in the Danish and British Press
One outcome of the Muhammad cartoons controversy has been an opportunity for comparative critical examination of public discourse on conceptions of citizenship and belonging vis-à-vis Muslim minorities in different national contexts. In this article, we focus upon the press reaction in two north-western European countries that on first appearance offer radically different cases. While Britain is a formerly imperial power where ‘legitimate’ public…
The Muhammad cartoons controversy in comparative perspective
Udgivelsesdato: September
Constituting Communities: Political Solutions to Cultural Conflict
From a cross-disciplinary and conceptual perspective this book discusses the political solutions of constitutional patriotism, republicanism and liberal nationalism to cultural conflict. It places the
Mellem politologien og John Rawls: En politisk teori, der er normativ og empirisk, historisk og politisk
What kind of political theory should be practiced at a department of political science, and why? It should be one which is normative, empirical, historical, and indeed, most of all, political. Whereas the ‘empirically’ minded political scientist too often ignores normative elements of theories and concepts, the ‘philosophical’ Rawlsian rarely considers the empirical-causal specification of (new) universes and conflicts of value, or the preconditi…
What's the Civil in Civil Society? Robert Putnam, Italy and the Republican Tradition
Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work implies a conception of civil society with claims to republican ancestry. However, in four ways, he misses the more ‘political’ understanding of this Enlightenment category in republican writers, including his hero, Tocqueville. Where Putnam's civic community is spontaneous and voluntaristic, republicans emphasise the creation of civil society from above by state-building and broader political associations. W…
Virtue, Size, and Liberty: Republican Citizenship at the American Founding
Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory is an international refereed open access journal, which publishes contributions on the transdisciplinary study of concepts. In classical rhetoric, 'redescription' refers to a rhetorical move that alters the use of a concept in one respect or another. The journal draws attention to conceptual moves within political theory, conceptual history and feminist thought, and highlig…
Denmark between liberalism and nationalism
n What explains the restrictive turn towards immigrants in European countries like Denmark? Are countries returning to nationalism, or are they following a general European trend towards a perfectionist, even `repressive? liberalism that seeks to create `liberal people? out of immigrants? Recent developments in Danish policies of integration and citizenship, education and anti-discrimination suggest a combination of these two diagnoses. The curre…
The resilience of citizenship traditions: Civic integration in Germany, Great Britain and Denmark
Many western European states are adopting integration and naturalization policies that focus on the practices, values and identities of citizenship. On this background, and given the combined crisis of multiculturalism and decline of old-school ethno-nationalism, it has been argued that national, cultural–ideological distinctiveness matters less for what is traditionally the heartland of national sovereignty and identity. A comparison of three ci…
Introduction: Theorizing the civic turn in European integration policies
Many authors have written about the ‘civic turn’ in European immigrant integration politics and policies that began in the late 1990s, but few have focused on the conceptual or normative dimensions of this turn. The purpose of this special issue is to help correct this situation. In this substantive introductory article, we begin with a discussion of the ‘convergence or national models’ debate that dominated early work on the subject. The next se…
The Muhammad cartoons controversy in comparative perspective
Udgivelsesdato: September
A ‘civic turn’ in Scandinavian family migration policies? Comparing Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Family migration policy, once basing citizens and resident foreigners' possibilities to bring in foreign family members mainly on the right to family life, is increasingly a tool states use to limit immigration and to push newcomers to integrate into civic and economic life. The family migration policies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden range widely - from more minimal support and age requirements to high expectations of language skills, work record…
Roadblocks to citizenship: Selection Effects of Restrictive Naturalisation Rules
With rising requirements for citizenship across Western Europe, Denmark is one of the restrictive ‘leaders,’ with tough rules for language ability, economic self-support, and a clean criminal record. But what do these restrictions mean for newcomers’ ability to qualify, and how does this differ between different types of immigrants? Using register data on refugees and family migrants who immigrated to Denmark between 2001 and 2009, we show that t…
Examining 'Postmulticultural' and Civic Turns in the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, and Denmark
There is a widely shared view that the appeal of multiculturalism as a public policy has suffered considerable political damage. In many European states the turn to "civic" measures and discourses has been deemed more suitable for the objectives of minority integration and the promotion of preferred modes of social and political unity. It is therefore said that the first decade of the new century has been characterized by a reorientation in immig…
Leitkultur debates as civic integration in North-Western Europe: The nationalism of ‘values’ and ‘good citizenship
Political responses to ethno-religious diversity often include the idea of a common culture or (core) values, e.g., the German Leitkultur and comparable concepts in Denmark and the Netherlands. These intellectual debates underlie and inform different types of civic integration policies. Their structure demonstrates the discursive connection between the ostensibly liberal and universal components of the latter – which are often heralded as signs o…
Nationalism in a Liberal Register: Beyond the ‘Paradox of Universalism’ in Immigrant Integration Politics
In recent years scholars have observed a restrictive turn in West European immigrant integration policies towards conditioning access to permanent residence and citizenship on language proficiency, knowledge of history, institutions, culture and political values, national loyalty and labour market integration. This has been accompanied by a strong reaction among European politicians and publics emphasizing that newcomers must share in certain lib…
What's the Civil in Civil Society? Robert Putnam, Italy and the Republican Tradition
Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work implies a conception of civil society with claims to republican ancestry. However, in four ways, he misses the more ‘political’ understanding of this Enlightenment category in republican writers, including his hero, Tocqueville. Where Putnam's civic community is spontaneous and voluntaristic, republicans emphasise the creation of civil society from above by state-building and broader political associations. W…
Political cultures compared: The Muhammad cartoons in the Danish and British Press
One outcome of the Muhammad cartoons controversy has been an opportunity for comparative critical examination of public discourse on conceptions of citizenship and belonging vis-à-vis Muslim minorities in different national contexts. In this article, we focus upon the press reaction in two north-western European countries that on first appearance offer radically different cases. While Britain is a formerly imperial power where ‘legitimate’ public…
Assessments of citizenship criteria: Are Immigrants More Liberal
The literature on citizenship policies is flourishing, yet we know little of which naturalisation requirements majorities and minorities find reasonable, and how they view existing citizenship regimes. Drawing on original survey data with young adults in Norway (N = 3535), comprising immigrants and descendants with origins from Iraq, Pakistan, Poland, Somalia and Turkey, as well as a non-immigrant majority group, this article examines whether per…
No trade-off between parent choice and democratic citizenship: A comparison of 9 th grade pupils in Danish Muslim and state schools
The public funding or even toleration of religious minority schools, particularly Muslim faith schools, is controversial in West European countries. Political theorists often posit that parents’ right to choose these schools conflicts with the equally or more important societal concerns with child autonomy and civic integration or education to liberal-democratic citizenship. Yet, few empirical studies have addressed the issue and findings are mix…
Virtue, Size, and Liberty: Republican Citizenship at the American Founding
Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory is an international refereed open access journal, which publishes contributions on the transdisciplinary study of concepts. In classical rhetoric, 'redescription' refers to a rhetorical move that alters the use of a concept in one respect or another. The journal draws attention to conceptual moves within political theory, conceptual history and feminist thought, and highlig…
Mellem politologien og John Rawls: En politisk teori, der er normativ og empirisk, historisk og politisk
What kind of political theory should be practiced at a department of political science, and why? It should be one which is normative, empirical, historical, and indeed, most of all, political. Whereas the ‘empirically’ minded political scientist too often ignores normative elements of theories and concepts, the ‘philosophical’ Rawlsian rarely considers the empirical-causal specification of (new) universes and conflicts of value, or the preconditi…
What's the Civil in Civil Society? Robert Putnam, Italy and the Republican Tradition
Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work implies a conception of civil society with claims to republican ancestry. However, in four ways, he misses the more ‘political’ understanding of this Enlightenment category in republican writers, including his hero, Tocqueville. Where Putnam's civic community is spontaneous and voluntaristic, republicans emphasise the creation of civil society from above by state-building and broader political associations. W…
Constituting Communities: Political Solutions to Cultural Conflict
From a cross-disciplinary and conceptual perspective this book discusses the political solutions of constitutional patriotism, republicanism and liberal nationalism to cultural conflict. It places the
Political cultures compared: The Muhammad cartoons in the Danish and British Press
One outcome of the Muhammad cartoons controversy has been an opportunity for comparative critical examination of public discourse on conceptions of citizenship and belonging vis-à-vis Muslim minorities in different national contexts. In this article, we focus upon the press reaction in two north-western European countries that on first appearance offer radically different cases. While Britain is a formerly imperial power where ‘legitimate’ public…
The Muhammad cartoons controversy in comparative perspective
Udgivelsesdato: September
The resilience of citizenship traditions: Civic integration in Germany, Great Britain and Denmark
Many western European states are adopting integration and naturalization policies that focus on the practices, values and identities of citizenship. On this background, and given the combined crisis of multiculturalism and decline of old-school ethno-nationalism, it has been argued that national, cultural–ideological distinctiveness matters less for what is traditionally the heartland of national sovereignty and identity. A comparison of three ci…
Denmark between liberalism and nationalism
n What explains the restrictive turn towards immigrants in European countries like Denmark? Are countries returning to nationalism, or are they following a general European trend towards a perfectionist, even `repressive? liberalism that seeks to create `liberal people? out of immigrants? Recent developments in Danish policies of integration and citizenship, education and anti-discrimination suggest a combination of these two diagnoses. The curre…
Examining 'Postmulticultural' and Civic Turns in the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, and Denmark
There is a widely shared view that the appeal of multiculturalism as a public policy has suffered considerable political damage. In many European states the turn to "civic" measures and discourses has been deemed more suitable for the objectives of minority integration and the promotion of preferred modes of social and political unity. It is therefore said that the first decade of the new century has been characterized by a reorientation in immig…
The civic turn of immigrant integration policies in the Scandinavian welfare states
This special issue addresses the question of how to understand the civic turn within immigrant integration in the West towards programs and instruments, public discourses and political intentions, which aim to condition, incentivize, and shape through socialization immigrants into 'citizens'. Empirically, it focuses on the less studied Scandinavian cases of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. In this introduction, we situate the contributions to this sp…
A ‘civic turn’ in Scandinavian family migration policies? Comparing Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Family migration policy, once basing citizens and resident foreigners' possibilities to bring in foreign family members mainly on the right to family life, is increasingly a tool states use to limit immigration and to push newcomers to integrate into civic and economic life. The family migration policies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden range widely - from more minimal support and age requirements to high expectations of language skills, work record…
Nationalism in a Liberal Register: Beyond the ‘Paradox of Universalism’ in Immigrant Integration Politics
In recent years scholars have observed a restrictive turn in West European immigrant integration policies towards conditioning access to permanent residence and citizenship on language proficiency, knowledge of history, institutions, culture and political values, national loyalty and labour market integration. This has been accompanied by a strong reaction among European politicians and publics emphasizing that newcomers must share in certain lib…
Introduction: Theorizing the civic turn in European integration policies
Many authors have written about the ‘civic turn’ in European immigrant integration politics and policies that began in the late 1990s, but few have focused on the conceptual or normative dimensions of this turn. The purpose of this special issue is to help correct this situation. In this substantive introductory article, we begin with a discussion of the ‘convergence or national models’ debate that dominated early work on the subject. The next se…
Leitkultur debates as civic integration in North-Western Europe: The nationalism of ‘values’ and ‘good citizenship
Political responses to ethno-religious diversity often include the idea of a common culture or (core) values, e.g., the German Leitkultur and comparable concepts in Denmark and the Netherlands. These intellectual debates underlie and inform different types of civic integration policies. Their structure demonstrates the discursive connection between the ostensibly liberal and universal components of the latter – which are often heralded as signs o…
Assessments of citizenship criteria: Are Immigrants More Liberal
The literature on citizenship policies is flourishing, yet we know little of which naturalisation requirements majorities and minorities find reasonable, and how they view existing citizenship regimes. Drawing on original survey data with young adults in Norway (N = 3535), comprising immigrants and descendants with origins from Iraq, Pakistan, Poland, Somalia and Turkey, as well as a non-immigrant majority group, this article examines whether per…
Roadblocks to citizenship: Selection Effects of Restrictive Naturalisation Rules
With rising requirements for citizenship across Western Europe, Denmark is one of the restrictive ‘leaders,’ with tough rules for language ability, economic self-support, and a clean criminal record. But what do these restrictions mean for newcomers’ ability to qualify, and how does this differ between different types of immigrants? Using register data on refugees and family migrants who immigrated to Denmark between 2001 and 2009, we show that t…
No trade-off between parent choice and democratic citizenship: A comparison of 9 th grade pupils in Danish Muslim and state schools
The public funding or even toleration of religious minority schools, particularly Muslim faith schools, is controversial in West European countries. Political theorists often posit that parents’ right to choose these schools conflicts with the equally or more important societal concerns with child autonomy and civic integration or education to liberal-democratic citizenship. Yet, few empirical studies have addressed the issue and findings are mix…
Do restrictive policies suppress national identification? A comparative study of muslim and non-muslim immigrant descendants in Scandinavia
There is a widespread assumption in many Western European countries that certain immigrant groups and their descendants are reluctant to identify with the host nation. A substantial body of research has documented how factors such as religiosity, perceived discrimination and inter-ethnic contact may serve as determinants of national identification, broadly defined as the emotional and cognitive bond between self and nation. By contrast, we know l…
Political science (16 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Law (14 works) · Politics (13 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Citizenship (9 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Immigration (5 works)