The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Welfare Machine: Immigration and Social Democracy in Twentieth-Century Sweden — Who Belongs in the People’s Home?
Does a generous welfare state depend on social sameness—or on institutions capable of creating a shared sense of membership?
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Using The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Welfare Machine: Immigration and Social Democracy in Twentieth-Century Sweden by Carly Elizabeth Schall as our lens, this investigation explores how welfare institutions, immigration, national identity, and political leadership interacted across twentieth-century Sweden.
Schall challenges the assumption that ethnic homogeneity automatically produces…
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