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A History of National Museums in Europe 1750-2010: Mobilization and Legitimacy, Continuity and Change.
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Editorial collection (other academic/artistic)abstract
- National Museums and Nation-building in Europe 1750–2010 is placed at the heart of the intersection where the socio-political and the scientific logics meet in the context of nation-building, representing and legitimizing nations in and through national museums. National museums and their representations have therefore within a world of nations become an international standard of nation-claiming and nation-branding. We approach the study of national museums as a historic and contemporary process of institutionalized negotiations of dominant values that constitute a basis for national communities and dynamic state formations. The national museum is thus a knowledge-based socio-political institution, with corresponding collections and displays that ultimately claim, articulate and represent dominant national values and myths. National Museums and Nation-building in Europe 1750–2010 will respond to basic questions about the establishment and dynamics of national museums by investigating the trajectory, context and timing of their establishment. It will also answer more complex questions. To what extent and with what consequences do the trajectory and timing of nation- and state-making processes interact with museum initiatives, creations, societal challenges and justifications?
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- Aronsson, Peter, 1959-, et al.
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Introduction : making museums and nations
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In: National museums and nation-building in Europe 1750-2010. - Abingdon : Routledge. - 9780415853965 ; , s. 1-9
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- Aronsson, Peter, 1959-, et al.
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Making national museums in Europe – a comparative approach
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In: Building National Museums in Europe 1750–2010. - Linköping : Linköping University Electronic Press. - 9789173930703 ; , s. 5-20
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- National museums refer to those institutions, collections and displays claiming, articulating and representing dominant national values, myths and realities. From this perspective, national museums can hereby be explored as historic and contemporary processes of negotiations and values that constitute the basis for national communities and state-formations. National museums have thus become significant within arenas of negotiation and consolidation of new answers to questions ultimately linked to nationhood, citizenship and the role of the nation within a system of other nations. We argue here that national representation and representations of nations, as negotiated by national museums, provide a contribution to shaping and representing the socio-political community. Moreover, the fundamental properties of nations and states, perceived of as legitimate and factual representations of the world, are presenting the nation within a political system of other nations. Once established, national museums become a cultural asset and force unto themselves that are to be regarded and rearranged but seldom destroyed by new socio-political groups and visions. The longevity of their existence across periods of political change provides one of the powerful features of the institution.Some periods and contexts have, in particular, been conducive to museum-building such as the intensive demand for national museums that followed in the wake of the Napoleonic wars with the creation of national states, justifying autonomy of the state on the basis of national distinctiveness and uniqueness. As a result, regional differences within nations were rearranged in order to fit with such affiliations and promote new loyalties. The notion of a western civilisation and western values were also nationalized in the process of museum making in Europe resulting in different interpretations of universal, national and transnational values and identifications. It is within such contexts, among many, that a study of national museums - as a means of representing high culture, values and national pride - provide illuminating and comparative data on the many related processes of nationalisation.The aim of the EuNaMus research programme is to to illuminate gaps in existing research by adding a crucial comparative perspective to the study of national museums. We are hereby presenting the first comprehensive overview over national museums in Europe and outline the basis of comparative elements and significant variables. In a comparative light and as a rule, the trajectories of the European national museums provide an account of the parallel interactions between museum, nation and state and give witness to the long standing relevance of national museums as constituent components of what will be analysed as negotiated cultural constitutions. It is through these that nations have expressed a yearning for a golden and legitimate past. Attempting to balance such perceived needs for continuity with the increased diversity and difference of the contemporary world turns the notion of a unified agenda of the future into a challenge.
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- Borkowska, Magda, et al.
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Civil Society, Neighbourhood Diversity and Deprivation in UK and Sweden.
- 2023
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In: VOLUNTAS - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. - 0957-8765 .- 1573-7888.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper explores the relationship between neighbourhood level density of civil society organisations (CSOs), diversity, and deprivation. We compare the UK and Sweden, two countries with different civil society traditions and welfare state regimes. We use data on formal civil society organisations to examine whether diverse neighbourhoods have lower levels of civil society infrastructure. In the UK, contrary to what could be expected from Putnam's assertion that diversity has a negative effect on trust, thus limiting civil society activities at the neighbourhood level, we observe a positive relationship between the density of CSOs and diversity. In Sweden, we find different patterns. First, we observe a negative correlation between CSO density and diversity. Second, we find lower density of formal CSOs in areas with high diversity and high economic disadvantage and higher density in areas characterised by low diversity and high disadvantage.
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Building National Museums in Europe 1750–2010 : Conference proceedings from EuNaMus, European National Museums: Identity Politics, the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen, Bologna 28-30 April 2011. EuNaMus Report No. 1
- 2011
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Editorial proceedings (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This online publication is produced within the three-year research programme EuNaMus – European National Museums: Identity Politics, the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen, coordinated at Tema Q at Linköping University (www.eunamus.eu).EuNaMus explores the creation and power of the heritage created and presented by European national museums to the world, Europe and its states, as an unsurpassable institution in contemporary society. National museums are defined and explored as processes of institutionalized negotiations where material collections and displays make claims and are recognized as articulating and representing national values and realities. Questions asked in the project are why, by whom, when, with what material, with what result and future possibilities are this museums shaped.This Open Access publication gives a comparative overview of the historical roles of national museums in state-making processes. It has been created to stimulate discussion and debate among academics, policy-makers, museum professionals and citizens. The individual author is responsible for the content of each report and if you have any comments please do not hesitate to contact the author who would welcome these. Further publications from EuNaMus are in process. Please consult www.eunamus.eu for updated information.
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Building National Museums in Europe 1750–2010 : conference proceedings from EuNaMus, European National Museums: Identity Politics, the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen, Bologna 28-30 April 2011
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Editorial proceedings (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This online publication is produced within the three-year research programme EuNaMus – European National Museums: Identity Politics, the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen, coordinated at Tema Q at Linköping University (www.eunamus.eu).EuNaMus explores the creation and power of the heritage created and presented by European national museums to the world, Europe and its states, as an unsurpassable institution in contemporary society. National museums are defined and explored as processes of institutionalized negotiations where material collections and displays make claims and are recognized as articulating and representing national values and realities. Questions asked in the project are why, by whom, when, with what material, with what result and future possibilities are this museums shaped.This Open Access publication gives a comparative overview of the historical roles of national museums in state-making processes. It has been created to stimulate discussion and debate among academics, policy-makers, museum professionals and citizens. The individual author is responsible for the content of each report and if you have any comments please do not hesitate to contact the author who would welcome these. Further publications from EuNaMus are in process. Please consult www.eunamus.eu for updated information.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella
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Civil Society’s Role for Inclusion in Conditions of Socio-Economic Vulnerability and Diversity.
- 2023
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In: In Lessard-Phillips, L. Papoutsi, A. Sigona N. and Ziss, P., (eds.), Migration, displacement and diversity. Oxford Publishing Services. - Oxford : Oxford Publishing Services. - 9781739784621
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Civil society is increasingly recognized for aiding integration or inclusion and of particular interest in locations where it can mitigate disadvantage and vulnerability. Our research in seven socio-economically vulnerable and superdiverse areas in Sweden and the United Kingdom show that civil society contribute to key dimensions of integration, such as education, employment, language skills, health and social care, and political participation, despite claims to the contrary. This research relies on evolving conceptualisations of diversity, and a combination of mixed methodologies, quantitative as well as qualitative, to enable the analysis of broad patterns as well as in-depth case studies.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella
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Civilsamhällets bidrag till integration i bostadsområden med socioekonomiska utmaningar.
- 2023
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Denna policy brief sammanfattar slutsatser från det pågående projektet ”Rethinking Integration: en komparativ studie om civilsamhället i bostadsområden med socioekonomiska utmaningar som karaktäriseras av mångfald” och syftar till att analysera på vilka sätt civilsamhället bidrar till integration. Resultaten visar att civilsamhället bidrar betydligt till integration genom mångsidiga och behovsanpassade aktiviteter, vilket pekar på vikten av att uppmärksamma formella såväl som informella initiativ. Projektet finansieras av Vetenskapsrådet och leds av Gabriella Elgenius, professor vid Göteborgs universitet, i samarbete med Juta Kawalerowicz, forskare vid Stockholms universitet, och Jenny Phillimore, professor vid Birminghams universitet.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella
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Deconstructing the History of Nationalism: the Cultural Turn and Post-structuralism.
- 2019
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In: In Berger and Storm (eds.), Writing the History of Nationalism.. - London : Bloomsbury Academic. - 9781350064317
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- What is nationalism and how can we study it from a historical perspective? Writing the History of Nationalism answers this question by examining eleven historical approaches to nationalism studies in theory and practice. An impressive cast of contributors cover the history of nationalism from a wide range of thematic approaches, from traditional modernist and Marxist perspectives to more recent debates around gender. This book is essential reading for undergraduate students of history, politics and sociology wanting to understand the complex yet fascinating history of nationalism. The deconstruction of discourses, the critical assessment of underlying assumptions and ways in which we write and talk about nationalism, is the focus of chapter eight. Nations rely on nationalist claims about history and national identity for political authority and legitimacy. It is the discourse of nationalism that turns culture into politics and power through its support of dominant assumptions about nations. The national rhetoric, historical narration and symbolic repertoire of nations are therefore analytically significant to support discursive claims about nationalism as social solidarity, national unity, ethnic homogeneity and earned membership.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella
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Ethnic Bonding and Homing Desires: The Polish Diaspora and Civil Society Making. (Open Access) : In Jacobsson, K. & E. Korolczuk (eds.), Civil Society Revisited: Lessons from Poland. Oxford: Berghahn Books
- 2017
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In: Jacobsson, K. & E. Korolczuk (eds.), Civil Society Revisited: Lessons from Poland. - Oxford : Berghahn Books. - 9781785335518
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In much social scientific literature, Polish civil society has been portrayed as weak and passive. This volume offers a much-needed corrective, challenging this characterization on both theoretical and empirical grounds and suggesting new ways of conceptualizing civil society to better account for events on the ground as well as global trends such as neoliberalism, migration, and the renewal of nationalist ideologies. Focusing on forms of collective action that researchers have tended to overlook, the studies gathered here show how public discourse legitimizes certain claims and political actions as “true” civil society, while others are too often dismissed. Taken together, they critique a model of civil society that is ‘made from above’. Polish civil society in the UK is a significant civil space of migrant engagement associated with both civil society of contemporary Poland and the diasporic structures formed in and by the country of settlement. As such, the Polish civil space is connected to, formed and maintained via central ties, links, norms and discourses of home, nationhood and integration. A process-oriented approach to civil society (see Jacobsson and Korolczuk’s introduction) enables the analysis of Polish civil society development in the United Kingdom since the Second World War with a focus on main London-based associations, central in mediating connections with Poland and within the Polish diaspora in the United Kingdom. The focus of this text is the engagement of the Polish diaspora – that has produced a unique pattern of civil society making due to dividing homing desires of different generations of Poles arriving after the Second World War, during the Cold War and Solidarity periods, and post-EU expansion . The Polish civil space has developed as a space of protective ethno-national ambitions and struggle for recognition (for group elevation against discrimination and devaluation) in relation to both ethnicity, class and rights.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella, et al.
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Ethno-nationalism versus Populism in the case of the Sweden Democrats
- 2018
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In: 28th Association for the study of ethnicity and nationalism (ASEN) Annual Conference. London School of Economics: 27-28 March 2018.
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- Radical right - wing parties in Europe are increasingly referred to by their populist elements, their anti - system, anti - elitism and anti - establishment. This article will discuss whether the label of populism is misleading and whether it is the ethno - national elements that defines these parties, taking the Sweden Democrats as the ca se in point. Although the master frame enabling electoral success has combined elements of populism and anti - establishment with ethno - nationalism, it is the latter that ultimately defines radical right - wing parties by its rhetoric around the nation, identi fied problems as well as advocated solutions. The empirical material used for this analysis include recent and valid political manifests over the period of 2011 - 2018, article s by the party leadership published in the party’s own journal (SD - Kuriren), speec hes at recent party conferences and the election film 2018. We concentrate on current rhetoric, leaving aside the changes and shifts that have taken place over time.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella, et al.
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Frames of Nostalgia and Belonging: The Resurgence of Reactionary Ethno-Nationalism in Sweden
- 2019
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In: European Societies: The Official Journal of the European Sociological Association. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1461-6696 .- 1469-8307. ; 21:4, s. 583-602
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article explores the ethno-nationalist rhetoric promoted by radical right-wing parties in Europe; its perceived threats against national identity translated into a nostalgia for the past based on ethnic homogeneity. Five anti-immigrant frames have been especially instrumental in attracting voters, merging with other central components to construct a potent master frame and structuring much of the mobilizing activities of these parties. This development motivates a closer look into the ways in which the ethno-nationalist message is framed and constructed, taking Sweden as our case in point. The Sweden Democrats entered the Swedish parliament in 2010, an election that has come to mark the end of Swedish ‘exceptionalism’ and pointing towards the resurgence of ethno-nationalism in Sweden too. The Swedish case is analyzed with a focus on the Sweden Democrats particular ethno-nationalist message; the rhetoric of decline of golden ages and solutions posed to combat these alleged processes of decay. We depart from framing theory that allow us to better understand the centrality of the ethno-nationalist message, which demonstrates considerable continuity over time, despite the modernization of party rhetoric. Thus, the exclusive conceptualization of nationality as constituted by an ‘inherited essence’, proposes that Swedish identity is more than culturally assigned. The empirical material consists of Sweden Democrat party manifestos and position papers since 1989 and selected articles from the party newsletter (SD Kuriren).
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- Elgenius, Gabriella, et al.
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Gate-keeping the nation: discursive claims, counter-claims and racialized logics of whiteness
- 2021
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In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0141-9870 .- 1466-4356. ; 44:16, s. 215-235
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- This article analyses the racialization of discourses about national identities, and explores the implications for populations racialized as white. Two extensive datasets have been brought together, spanning a decade and 560 interviews, to explore discursive interplay, the oppositional nature and relationality of majority and minority claims about national belonging. We demonstrate that national identity claims are constructed discursively from positions of relative advantage and disadvantage: here the English majority and Polish minority. Discourses of national identity involve positioning and using resources differentially available. Dominant majority groups, perceiving themselves as entitled through their conceptualization of the nation-state and indigeneity, interpret and police minority claims in ways that equate to a gate-keeping function. The analysis examines the contingent hierarchy of whiteness and the discursive implications for entitlement, deservingness and resentment. The framework of whiteness helps illuminate the construction and contested racialization of hierarchies around national identity and belonging.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella
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Integration, civilsamhälle och sysselsättning
- 2018
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In: Integrationscentrum, No 2/2018..
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- I ett temanummer om sysselsättning spelar civilsamhällets en viktig roll. Inte minst på grund av civilsamhällets stora betydelse för den lokala arbetsmarknaden, och andra former av integration. Detta särskilt med tanke på de nedskärningar som görs i välfärden i flera europeiska länder. Utmaningar på arbetsmarknaden Migrations- och arbetsmarknadsforskare påpekar ofta att möjligheterna på den europeiska arbetsmarknaden är betydligt mer begränsade för utrikesfödda och nyanlända än för andra grupper. Sverige är ett av de länder som har störst klyftor inom EU för sysselsättningsgraden mellan personer födda i och utanför Sverige. Samma sak gäller inom OECD för kvinnor födda i och utanför Sverige. Flera faktorer förklarar skillnaderna: det lokala ekonomiska klimatet, förutsättningarna på den lokala arbetsmarknaden, socioekonomiska resurser hos olika grupper och olika former av diskriminering. Det lokala civilsamhället — en resurs Det är mot bakgrund av dessa utmaningar vi bör vända blicken mot lokala resurser och lära oss mer om hur de kan användas. Det lokala civilsamhället, d.v.s. ideella och icke-vinstdrivande föreningar som organiserar sig för olika intressen och grupper, är särskilt viktiga i sammanhanget. Det finns exempel från Sverige och andra EU-länder på hur migranter kan stärka sitt deltagande på arbetsmarknaden. Det kan ske genom att de själva organiserar sig, deltar i eller får stöd av olika ideella föreningar och aktiviteter som kan hjälpa till att överbrygga barriärer. Civilsamhället kan alltså bidra positivt till ekonomisk integration och sysselsättning men även till andra former av integration, till exempel politiskt valdeltagande. Socialt kapital, information, kunnande och nätverk Det lokala civilsamhället är viktigt av flera skäl. Först och främst genererar det socialt kapital. Individer får tillgång till egna nätverk, resurser och mentorer när de deltar i och engagerar sig för specifika intressen eller organisationer. Civilsamhället skapar alltså viktiga resurser i ett sammanhang där etablerade nätverk kan vara bristfälliga. Civilsamhällets aktörer har dessutom kunskap om lokala förhållanden och behov, vilket är avgörande för att kunna stödja integrationsprocessen. Forskning i Storbritannien visar att intresseföreningar kan främja kommunikation mellan etablerade och nyanlända migranter och lokala myndigheter. Polska intresseorganisationer har till exempel varit mycket aktiva under brittiska valrörelser genom att skapa kanaler till lokala politiker. Genom spridning av information om pågående nationella och lokala val har man uppmuntrat sina medlemmar att rösta. Vi hittar också andra initiativ som värnar det multikulturella samhället. Exempelvis rörelsen Red Card against Racism som jobbat med engelska kommuner för att arrangera lokala fotbollsturneringar. Liknande samarbeten har senare visat sig leda till ytterligare aktiviteter såsom fortbildning, språkundervisning, mentorprogram för entreprenörer och högre utbildning. Civilsamhälle och integration Konkret bidrar civilsamhället genom information, kunnande, mentorer, kontakter och nätverk. Initiativ som aktivt försöker bidra till att öka sysselsättningsgraden har hjälpt nyanlända att identifiera viktiga meriter, erbjudit fortbildning för nödvändiga färdigheter. De har också förmedlat kontakter och mentorer eller organiserat språk- och datorkurser och läxhjälp. Aktiviteter som dessa organiseras också tillsammans med lokala aktörer som universitet, kommun och arbetsförmedlingar exempelvis här i Göteborg. I detta sammanhang är det viktigt att påpeka att vi också behöver värna civilsamhällets ideella krafter så att det inte ersätter statliga initiativ. Civilsamhället bör ses som en viktig arena för integrationsprocessen, som tillsammans med statliga och lokala aktörer, har en viktig uppgift att fylla och möjligheter att verka för ömsesidigt erkännande, lokalt engagemang, sysselsättning och företagande.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella
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Internal Cleavages, Divisions and Critical Solidarity: Polish Civil Society in the UK and the Implications of Brexit.
- 2018
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In: British Sociological Association Annual Conference. Northumbria University: 10-12 April 2018.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The Polish diaspora has produced a vibrant and unique civil society process identifiable alongside separate stages and dividing homing desires linked to Polish migration after the Second World War, during the Cold War and Solidarity and post-EU expansion. The diversification of Polish organizations and political campaigns over time has been shaped in relation to the country of settlement, other migrant spaces in the UK and to Poland. These are stratified along the lines of status, social resentment and diverging homing desires - yet similarly enabled by ethnic bonding and framed by diaspora narration along national lines. This analysis explores previously identified discourses of hostility with emerging findings of this follow-up project assessing the implications of Brexit on Polish civil society engagement. Two premises underline this paper: Polish civil society constitutes a significant network of support and platform for communicating with mainstream society and has grown considerably since EU-expansion but is characterized by internal divides. It is therefore of interest to analyze ways in which Brexit has compounded or bridged internal cleavages and divisions? Emerging findings will be presented with help of a follow-up phase of interviews with civil society representatives and opens up for a theoretical contributions and complexities associated with social capital, identity, community and solidarity. The qualitative data draws upon on interviews with representatives of Polish organizations in Greater London in 2018 and 2015-2016 and in previous periods comprised of over 120 in-depth interviews funded by the British Academy, John Fell and the Swedish Research Council.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella, et al.
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Lokal mobilisering i bostadsområden med socioekonomiska utmaningar – läxhjälp, lokal samverkan och en modell för gräsrotsorganisering. : Forskningsrapport i sociologi (Nr 149).
- 2023
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- Den här rapporten handlar om gräsrotsorganisering och lokal mobilisering av och för boende i bostadsområden med socioekonomiska utmaningar. Rapporten fokuserar på gräsrotsengagemangets villkor, aktörernas roller, sätt att arbeta och på möjliggörande strukturer, det vill säga på lokala samarbeten om resurser. Syftet med rapporten är synliggöra aktiviteter som erbjuds, aktörer och arbetssätt som främjar delaktighet och samverkan inom och mellan föreningar, företag och myndigheter. Fallstudien Bergsjöns Studiecenter Läxhjälpen (BSL) i Bergsjön Göteborg bidrar i sammanhanget till kunskap om hur mindre informella initiativ kan utvecklas till föreningar med egna medel och verksamheter under vissa omständigheter och samarbeten. Föreningen BSL identifierades i ett pågående forskningsprojekt om civilsamhällets roll för integration som en fallstudie som bidrar med kunskap om just den här processen. BSL började med läxhjälp i en liten skala och med en mindre verksamhet för ett 15-tal barn under 2017 och som utvecklades till en förening med flera hundra medlemmar och över 8000 läxhjälpsbesök och andra aktiviteter i flera bostadsområden som möter liknande utmaningar som Bergsjön under 2023. Tidigare forskning har pekat på att informella initiativ inom civilsamhället ofta förblir osynliga trots att dessa bidrar med aktiviteter och under möjliggörande förutsättningar kan växa till föreningar med egna resurser och medel. Tyvärr vet vi således inte tillräckligt mycket om den här processen eller om samarbeten mellan civilsamhället, lokala företag och myndigheter som möjliggör denna. Överlag har vi begränsad kunskap om civilsamhället i bostadsområden med socioekonomiska utmaningar och om föräldrars organisering för barns och ungas utbildningsmöjligheter. I den här rapporten skissar vi därför på en gräsrots modell som drivs av föräldrars engagemang, och hur detta engagemang även mobiliserat andra aktörer och samarbeten mellan föreningar, bostadsbolag och myndigheter, vilka även bidragit till en utveckling av en möjliggörande struktur.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella, et al.
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Making Museums and Nations
- 2015
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In: Aronsson P. & Elgenius G. (red.) A History of National Museums in Europe 1750-2010: Mobilization and Legitimacy, Continuity and Change.. - London & New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. - 9780415853965 ; , s. 1-9
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- Elgenius, Gabriella, et al.
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Migration and Polarization on the Swedish Labourmarket : Immigration and Labour Market Integration.
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In: University of Gothenburg. - University of Gothenburg.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Migration and Polarisation on the Labourmarket: patterns, mechanisms and experiences. This project is one of six projects within the six year programme: The Challenges of Polarization on the Swedish Labour Market at the Department of Sociology and Work Science funded by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, Forte (see below for details). This project addresses the integration of migrants and minorities into the Swedish labourmarket by assessing the extent, implications and experiences of ethnic polarisation across different dimensions; that is, between majority and minority populations (first and second generations); and the diversity within the migrant workforce and its distribution across the occupational structure. Classical migration theory holds that migrants are recruited to perform jobs in the lower sections of the labour market that native workers avoid (Piore 1979; Massey et al. 1998). This also applies to Sweden, where many migrants are employed in low-wage and insecure employment (Johansson & Vingård, 2012). Comparisons of Western Europe countries have show that labour markets are polarised because ethnic minorities do not compete on equal terms with majority populations, and experience a substantial ‘ethnic penalty’ in the second generation (Heath & Cheung 2007; Johnson 2010). Given such patterns, important question arise concerning the prospects of migrants (both first and second generations) to transition into better-paid segments of the labour market and what strategies migrants develop to reduce the impact of discrimination (Modood 2015; Elgenius 2017). Sweden is considered one of the most gendered labour markets in the world (Charles & Grusky 2004) and intersections of ethnicity and gender need be considered as a ‘double disadvantage’ (Bradley & Healy 2008). However, the tendency towards polarisation within the migrant workforce is another focus for this project as diversity-within is visible with an increasing share of highly skilled migrants in Sweden; for example, computing professionals from India. Thus, the fact that migrant groups are unevenly distributed across the occupational structure requires further attention. For instance, the largest share of migrants within the construction sector is from Eastern Europe, whereas Indian nationals are concentrated in the IT sector (Migrationsverket). This project will critically appraise migrants’ occupational status, prospects and experiences in the Swedish labour market by focusing on diversity within the migrant workforce and the experiences of ethnic penalties in first and second generations (see, e.g., Elgenius 2011, 2017; Frank 2012, 2014; Omanović 2009, 2013, Knights and Omanović 2016). Workpackage leader: Gabriella Elgenius Co-Workers: Denis Frank and Vedran Omanovic.
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- Elgenius, Gabriella
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National Days and Nation-building: a contemporary survey
- 2005
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In: In Eriksonas and Müller (eds), Statehood Beyond Ethnicity: A Comparative Study of Smaller States in Northern and Eastern Europe. - Brussels and London : Peter Lang Publishers. - 9052010609
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- Elgenius, Gabriella
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National Expressions and Diversity in Europe
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In: International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. - 1447-9532 .- 1447-9583. ; 6:5, s. 153-161
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- http:/www.Diversity-Journal.com
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- Elgenius, Gabriella
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National museums as national symbols: a survey of strategic nation-building and identity politics; nations as symbolic regimes.
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In: Aronsson P. & Elgenius G. (eds.) National Museums and Nation-Building in Europe 1750-2010: Mobilization and Legitimacy, Continuity and Change. - Milton Park : Taylor and Francis. - 9780415853965 ; , s. 145-166
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- This text will analyze national museums as significant national symbols and as nation-building devices. As part of a nexus of symbolism, they raise awareness of and help claim and construct national identities. National museums are uniquely placed to tell us something about the process of nation-building and its imaginations; illuminated through the museum institution itself its collections and displays, for Anderson (1991) ‘imagined’ and Hobsbawm ‘invented’ (Hobsbawm and Ranger 1992). Museums as institutions, buildings and collections highlight further the crucial role of high culture (Gellner 1983) in nation-building as central for the ‘politics of home’ (Duyvendak 2011). Firstly, a comparative framework is necessary with regards to the opening of the first main national museum in the nations of Europe. Dates of inauguration are of particular relevance as tangible expressions of nation-building, analyzed within their socio-political context. For instance, with the alleged crisis of a British identity today, the once construction of Britishness – gradually imposed over the Scottish and Welsh - is discussed with the inauguration of the British Museum in 1759 during a period of nation- building after the union between England and Scotland in 1707. In contrast, one of the youngest museums in Europe tell another story about the receiving end of imperial pursuits as with the inauguration of Ajtte, Mountain and Sámi Museum in Sweden 1989, established by the Sami nation as a significant initiative of identity politics. Other forms of complexities regard the national museums of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina that have remained closed for significant periods since 1995. Secondly, a comparative framework is required as we have much to learn by placing national museums in the context of other national symbols, often introduced with independence after break-up of empires and pivotal times of nation-building. Significant patterns emerge when national symbols are analyzed in a systematic manner as all nations have flags, anthems, national days and indeed national museums. National symbols show to the world that at nations are distinct, yet equal and on a par with other nations. National museums are no exceptions; they constitute therefore strategic markers of nation building within and without and are often introduced at pivotal times. Thus, national museums constitute part of symbolic clusters that draw attention to the strategic use of national symbols within processes of nation building and identity-politics. When comparing such symbols clusters (different forms of national symbols) that are specific for the individual nations, patterns emerge with regards to dates of introduction, timing, types, contents and usage. This makes it in fact possible to understand nations as symbolic regimes and analyse their underlying nation building by and through their symbolic design, which tells us that nation-building is layered, recyclable and ongoing. The symbolic regimes approach help, in other words, highlight national symbols as valuable analytical tools (For a conceptual discussion see e.g. Elgenius, Palgrave 2011).
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- Elgenius, Gabriella, et al.
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Nationalism and the Politics of Nostalgia
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In: Sociological Forum. - : Wiley. - 0884-8971 .- 1573-7861. ; 37:51, s. 1230-1243
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- This article contributes to the analysis of the politics of nostalgia by focusing on its content, conditions, and mechanisms. Frame theory is used to understand the contested nature of nostalgia through the central framing of the past. We explore ways in which nostalgia relates to ethnic nationalism and populism and its close relationship to the rhetoric of the populist radical right. Components of nostalgia that stand out as particularly significant is the history of decline and loss. Whereas nostalgia is utilized by proponents of both civic and ethnic nationalism, we are particularly occupied with the ethnic substance of nationalist nostalgia. Nationalist nostalgia capitalizes on loss, idealization, and resentment and its contested nature may be brought out through diagnostic and anti-migrant frames. A central mechanism is the juxtaposition and unfavorable comparison between an idealized glorious past, a decaying present, and the creation of a utopian future, that in many ways resemble Christian narratives of fall and redemption. We therefore expect an increasing appeal of nostalgia as an orienting mechanism during unsettling times, rapid changes, and uncertain conditions. We draw upon critical cases of the radical right in Europe, and case studies from the Balkans, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and the United States. © 2022 The Authors. Sociological Forum published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Eastern Sociological Society.
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Nations as Symbolic Regimes: Symbols, Museums and Rival Clusters.
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In: International Workshop “ Constructing Narratives ”, Beyond Hegemonic Narratives and Myths (BOHEMs). Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague: 24-25 April.. - Charles University, Prague.
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