A model for immigrants? The Swedish corporate model and the prevention of ethnic discrimination

Bibliographic Data

ID3637544
AuthorsMark Graham (0000-0003-2521-5190), Maritta Soininen (Stockholm University)
Year1998
Volume24
Issue3
Pages523-539
Publication date1998-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.1998.9976648
OpenAlexW2028855680
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited13

Sweden's immigrant policy has often been presented as an ideal in terms of the formal rights and protection it grants immigrants. Yet Sweden did not have a comprehensive law against ethnic discrimination in the labour market until 1994. This article argues that the reason for the delay in legislating against ethnic discrimination and the nature of the eventual legislation lie in the way that the Swedish policy‐making process has traditionally worked. The article raises doubts about whether the corporate model's ability to protect specific immigrant interests is inherently superior to that of other policy‐making models. We suggest that the Swedish corporate model, because of its fundamentally class‐based nature, has not proved adequate to the task of dealing with the ethnically‐based interests of immigrants

Ethnic group · Immigration · Legislation · Political science · Sociology · Gender and Women's Rights · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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