Citizens in the Making: The Inclusion of Racialized Subjects in Labour Market Projects in Sweden

• Published in: Scandinavian political studies Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 228 - 246
• Main Authors: Dahlstedt, Magnus, Vesterberg, Viktor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Citizens; Citizenship; Civil rights; Community; Cultural values; employability; Ethnicity; exclusion; inclusion; Labor market; Labor migration; labour market; Membership; Migrants; Migration; Racialization; unemployment; Sweden

This article analyzes the formation of citizenship in today's multi‐ethnic Sweden in light of the inclusion of ‘people with foreign background’. Particular focus is put on how ethnicity and migration renders visible existing citizenship ideals, defined in terms of similarity and difference on t...