Immigrant Representation in the Swedish Parliament: Towards Homogeneity or United Diversity?
The current study explores how immigrants are represented within the two largest political parties in Sweden, the Social Democratic Party and the Moderate Party. Apart from exploring the descriptive representation of immigrants in the Swedish parliament, this article explores whether immigrant repre...
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| description | The current study explores how immigrants are represented within the two largest political parties in Sweden, the Social Democratic Party and the Moderate Party. Apart from exploring the descriptive representation of immigrants in the Swedish parliament, this article explores whether immigrant representation in the two parties in question results in visible diversity in views on immigration and in particular asylum politics. We are predominantly interested in exploring whether immigrant parliamentarians, who might have identities and experiences differing from the majority of the parliamentarians, represent views departing from the general party lines. The theoretical underpinnings of the article are based on an intersectionality approach and historical and feminist institutionalism, specifically the politics of presence, which explores the link between a critical mass in politics and critical acts or substantive representation. The first findings of the study, which have been reached primarily through a qualitative comparative analysis of survey material, are mixed. The number of Social Democratic and Moderate immigrant parliamentarians does not reach the level of foreign-born citizens in Sweden. Nevertheless, there appears to be room for diverse views on immigration and asylum politics that depart from the general party lines in both parties. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a1bd7cc1de8473fbfe8c04c2b207be62022-12-21T22:48:08ZengSciendoSocial Change Review2068-80162016-12-011429712010.1515/scr-2016-0024scr-2016-0024Immigrant Representation in the Swedish Parliament: Towards Homogeneity or United Diversity?Magnusdottir Gunnhildur Lily0Malmö University, Department of Global Political Studies, 205 06 Malmö, SwedenThe current study explores how immigrants are represented within the two largest political parties in Sweden, the Social Democratic Party and the Moderate Party. Apart from exploring the descriptive representation of immigrants in the Swedish parliament, this article explores whether immigrant representation in the two parties in question results in visible diversity in views on immigration and in particular asylum politics. We are predominantly interested in exploring whether immigrant parliamentarians, who might have identities and experiences differing from the majority of the parliamentarians, represent views departing from the general party lines. The theoretical underpinnings of the article are based on an intersectionality approach and historical and feminist institutionalism, specifically the politics of presence, which explores the link between a critical mass in politics and critical acts or substantive representation. The first findings of the study, which have been reached primarily through a qualitative comparative analysis of survey material, are mixed. The number of Social Democratic and Moderate immigrant parliamentarians does not reach the level of foreign-born citizens in Sweden. Nevertheless, there appears to be room for diverse views on immigration and asylum politics that depart from the general party lines in both parties.https://doi.org/10.1515/scr-2016-0024immigrationintersectionalityinstitutionalismdescriptive and substantive representation |
| spellingShingle | Magnusdottir Gunnhildur Lily Immigrant Representation in the Swedish Parliament: Towards Homogeneity or United Diversity? Social Change Review immigration intersectionality institutionalism descriptive and substantive representation |
| title | Immigrant Representation in the Swedish Parliament: Towards Homogeneity or United Diversity? |
| title_full | Immigrant Representation in the Swedish Parliament: Towards Homogeneity or United Diversity? |
| title_fullStr | Immigrant Representation in the Swedish Parliament: Towards Homogeneity or United Diversity? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Immigrant Representation in the Swedish Parliament: Towards Homogeneity or United Diversity? |
| title_short | Immigrant Representation in the Swedish Parliament: Towards Homogeneity or United Diversity? |
| title_sort | immigrant representation in the swedish parliament towards homogeneity or united diversity |
| topic | immigration intersectionality institutionalism descriptive and substantive representation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/scr-2016-0024 |
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