Committed to Integration : Local Media Representations of Refugee Integration Work in Northern Sweden

The overall aim of this article is to explore the ways in which refugee reception and integration work is storied in the local newspapers of two rural municipalities in northern Sweden. Our results show that the strong emphasis on integration through employment present in national policy regimes is...

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Published in:Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Main Authors: Schmauch, Ulrika, Giritli Nygren, Katarina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap 2020
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https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.326
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spelling ftmittuniv:oai:DiVA.org:miun-40381 2023-05-15T17:44:20+02:00 Committed to Integration : Local Media Representations of Refugee Integration Work in Northern Sweden Schmauch, Ulrika Giritli Nygren, Katarina 2020 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-40381 https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.326 eng eng Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap Umea Univ, Dept Sociol, Umea, Sweden. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 1799-649X, 2020, 10:3, s. 15-26 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-40381 doi:10.33134/njmr.326 ISI:000578882400002 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Refugee reception Integration work Media analysis Rural Sweden Political Science Statsvetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2020 ftmittuniv https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.326 2023-04-07T06:11:32Z The overall aim of this article is to explore the ways in which refugee reception and integration work is storied in the local newspapers of two rural municipalities in northern Sweden. Our results show that the strong emphasis on integration through employment present in national policy regimes is not readily visible in local media portrayals of integration. Instead, integration work is framed as a matter of commitment of individual refugees, volunteers and government administrative staff and, thus, as work with a high level of social support. We argue that the frame of commitment itself needs to be viewed in relation to the growing public support for limiting the resources available for this kind of work, as well as for the limitations for refugees to enter Sweden in the first place. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Mid Sweden University: Publications (DiVA) Nordic Journal of Migration Research 10 3 15 26
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topic Refugee reception
Integration work
Media analysis
Rural
Sweden
Political Science
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Integration work
Media analysis
Rural
Sweden
Political Science
Statsvetenskap
Schmauch, Ulrika
Giritli Nygren, Katarina
Committed to Integration : Local Media Representations of Refugee Integration Work in Northern Sweden
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Integration work
Media analysis
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Political Science
Statsvetenskap
description The overall aim of this article is to explore the ways in which refugee reception and integration work is storied in the local newspapers of two rural municipalities in northern Sweden. Our results show that the strong emphasis on integration through employment present in national policy regimes is not readily visible in local media portrayals of integration. Instead, integration work is framed as a matter of commitment of individual refugees, volunteers and government administrative staff and, thus, as work with a high level of social support. We argue that the frame of commitment itself needs to be viewed in relation to the growing public support for limiting the resources available for this kind of work, as well as for the limitations for refugees to enter Sweden in the first place.
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title Committed to Integration : Local Media Representations of Refugee Integration Work in Northern Sweden
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title_full_unstemmed Committed to Integration : Local Media Representations of Refugee Integration Work in Northern Sweden
title_sort committed to integration : local media representations of refugee integration work in northern sweden
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