Changes in migration control during the neoliberal era

Surveillance and border control in Swedish labour immigration policy

Bibliographic Data

ID13041968
AuthorsDenis Frank (0000-0003-4858-9259, University of Gothenburg, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume7
Issue3
Pages413-432
Publication date2014-09-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Political Power (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-379X • E-ISSN: 2158-3803
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2158379x.2014.963381
OpenAlexW2069111247
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited29

In 2008, Sweden introduced the most expansive migration policy in the OECD. The reform combines neoliberal elements with old forms of labour control in a new way. In this paper, I compare the immigration policy of 2008 with that of 1954–1972. Labour immigration from 1954 to 1972 occurred in a radically different historical context than the current market-liberal one. One important change between the two periods concerns the surveillance of migrants residing in Sweden. During the earlier period, state authorities conducted thorough surveillance of migrants residing in Sweden. The 2008 immigration policy involves private actors surveilling in a way that is unprecedented since the end of the Second World War

Context (archaeology · Control (management · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Expansive · Geography · Immigration · Immigration policy · Political economy · Political science · State (computer science · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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