"Race" and the upsurge of antagonistic popular movements in Sweden

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ID2147677
AutoresCarl‐ulrik Schierup (0000-0002-7328-4863, Linköping University), Carl-Ulrik Schierup (REMESO, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden), Aleksandra Ålund (0000-0001-5046-8638, REMESO, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden), Anders Neergaard (0000-0002-7098-8611, REMESO, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden)
Ano2018
Volume41
Fascículo10
Páginas1837-1854
Data de publicação2018-08-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2017.1361541
OpenAlexW2745815425
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas21

Across a crisis-stricken Europe battles rage for post-neoliberal hegemony, with"race" and "austerity" as central signifiers. One of the places where thefrontlines are most pregnant is Sweden; long perceived as a role model for itswelfare state, cultural equity and social equality. Sweden is, however, facingsocial conflicts following in the tracks of a deep transformation in terms ofwelfare cuts, racialization and growing social polarization, targeting inparticular a disadvantaged migrant and post-migrant population. On thatbackground, the paper focuses on the upsurge of mutually antagonistic popularmovements - "racist" and "anti-racist". We use Sweden as an exemplary case ofEurope's present Polanyian moment, reminiscent of the 1930s. Yet, currentupheavals expound, the authors claim, a different configuration of crisis andracism as well as a dissimilar utopia for the imagineering of nation and community

Austerity · Development economics · Economics · Hegemony · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Race (biology · Racialization · Racism · Sociology · Welfare state · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Policy and Reform Studies