Ny forskningsartikel: A national turn of local integration policy

Idag kom min nya forskningsartikel ut, publicerad i Comparative Migration Studies. Artikeln, A national turn of local integration policy: multi-level governance dynamics in Denmark and Sweden, handlar om integrationspolitiken i Sverige och Danmark och om förhållandet mellan den nationella och lokala nivån. Bakgrunden är att den mesta forskningslitteraturen menar att städerna och den lokala nivån har övertagit statens roll som den viktigaste aktören inom integrationspolitiken. I artikeln argumenterar jag mot mina kollegor och använder Danmark och Sverige som exempel.

Abstract:

There is a growing interest in the research community in the local governance of migration and integration. Studies indicate a local turn in integration policies, with local governments becoming important integration policy actors. Unlike most research, this study of recent developments in the policies for migrant newcomers in Denmark and Sweden observes a national turn in local integration policy. Despite their different integration policies, the central governments of both countries have increased their control and influence at the local level and thereby made it more difficult for local governments to formulate their own integration policies. This study highlights the need to complement earlier research based on frame analysis with an analytical framework that takes central government steering and the uneven power relationship between the levels of government into account.

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