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Housing for Refugees in Sweden : Top-Down Governance and its Local Reactions
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- Emilsson, Henrik (author)
- Malmö universitet,Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS),Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Öberg, Klara, 1974- (author)
- Högskolan i Halmstad,Akademin för hälsa och välfärd,Halmstad University
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- 2021-06-29
- 2022
- English.
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In: Journal of International Migration and Integration. - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands. - 1488-3473 .- 1874-6365. ; 23:2, s. 613-631
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- In this article, we investigate local level reactions to the top-down state steering for the housing of refugees in Sweden. We especially reflect on events after the increased refugee reception in Sweden in 2015 and the introduction of a Settlement Act in 2016 which made it mandatory for municipalities to receive a specific number of refugees and organise accommodation. This has resulted in a wide array of housing situations for refugees concerning standard, costs and temporary solutions. A multi-level governance framework from on central government steering perspective is applied. We argue that the modified legislation can be understood as a change in governance throughout the years — from persuasion to economic incentives and, finally, to coercive methods. Sweden is a country that has distinguished itself as one refraining from particularity and continuing to work towards equality between newcomers and citizens. In relation to recent legal and political developments, we identify a change — a paradoxical change, as governance for the more-equal reception of refugees in Sweden seems to lead to increased inequalities for refugees on the local level. © 2021, The Author(s).
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- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Political Science (hsv//eng)
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- Housing
- Local level
- Multi-level governance
- Refugees
- Settlement act
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- art (subject category)
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