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- Dingu-Kyrklund, Elena
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Citizenship, Migration, and Social Integration in Sweden: A Model for Europe?
- 2007
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Ingår i: CERIS Working Paper No.52, January 2007, Toronto, Canada.. ; :52, s. 73-
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Forskningsöversikt (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Transnational migration has been a constant element of human existence. Admission andintegration of migrants has, in time, become an increasingly important element of decision-makingpolicies in many nations. Classifications of voluntary and involuntary migrants according to theirreasons for migrating and the socio-economic and political reasons for the acceptance of suchindividuals by the receiving countries have been the object of numerous national and internationalpieces of legislation. This has served to underscore the importance of belonging for all partiesinvolved: both migrants (more or less welcome in their adoptive countries) and states alike. In aformal sense, the ultimate signal of unlimited acceptance remains the granting of citizenship byhis/her new country to the “adoptee-resident.” Only citizens normally enjoy an unconditional rightto live and reside without restrictions in a given country. Traditionally, this ultimate form ofacceptance was (mutually) exclusive, which, for a long time, made it practically impossible for aperson to be a citizen of more than one state. Gradual globalization and an unprecedenteddevelopment of the very concept of citizenship, from a horizontal, national perspective to anemerging vertical, supra-national level (consider, for example, the concept of EU-citizenship andthe special case of the Nordic states), required, at some point, a redefinition and re-evaluation of theconcept of citizenship, in both formal legal and more informal terms. This paper examines thisredefinition and re-evaluation within the context of Sweden.
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- Dingu-Kyrklund, Elena
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Migration and Recognition of Diplomas in Sweden
- 2005
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Ingår i: European Journal of Education. ; 40:2, s. 123-140
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Trans-national migration is now a global phenomenon, affecting an increasing amount of persons, many of whom have already completed a form of higher education in their country of origin or earlier residence at the time of migration. There is consequently a need to evaluate foreign degrees and assess migrants’ professional competence beyond their initial borders. Recognition of diplomas against the background of the integration process is the core of this article. Combining considerations regarding migration and integration of highly educated international migrants on the labour market of their target countries with a closer perspective on the process of validation of foreign higher education and professional competence in Sweden, the article treats this topic as a European example of the development of an issue of increasing importance in years to come.
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- Dingu-Kyrklund, Elena
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Nationality and the child: children’s right to citizenship - the Swedish case
- 2004
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Ingår i: The 3rd European Conference on Nationality “Nationality and the Child” 11-12 October 2004.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The right to citizenship is an important right that every child should enjoy. In a general discussion on nationality, acquisition and loss of citizenship, the rights of the child against the background of extensive international migration, the article argues about the multiple aspects embedded in the citizenship concept and its practical content, presenting the legal status quo in the matter in the Swedish context.
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- Dingu-Kyrklund, Elena
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Politische Partizipation in Schweden und damit verbundene Aspekte der Integration von ImmigrantInnen
- 2003
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Ingår i: Wiener Hefte zu Migration und Integration in Theorie und Praxis. Defizitäre Demokratie - MigrantInnen in der Politik. Heft 1-2003. - : Drava Förlag, Wiener Integrationsfonds, Wien..
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The article takes up the issue of democratic participation of immigrants in general and in Sweden in particular, especially in the context of elections, in point of access, participation and as an issue of societal integration.
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