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Multiculturalism and Policymaking: A comparative study of Danish and Swedish cultural policies since 1969
Dalarna University, School of Health and Social Studies, Political Science.
2006 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years))Student thesis
Abstract [en]

This master’s thesis deals with the cultural diversity policies of Denmark and Sweden within the cultural sector. It attempts at explaining why these two “most-similar” scandinavian countries having in common the same cultural model, “the architect model”, opted for different policies when it came to cultural diversity: Assimilationism for Denmark and multiculturalism for Sweden. I show that though institutional and power-interest factors had an impact, ideas as “programmatic beliefs” (Sheri E. Berman 2001) or “frames” (Erik Bleich 2003) played the ultimate role. I evaluate their relative importance by analyzing the anthropological dimension of the countries cultural policies since 1969. The study confirms that at least in the cultural sector, Danish policies have been assimilationist and Swedish ones multiculturalist and proposes a new classification of terms. By investigating immigrants cultures, it fills a gap left by previous researchers working on a common Nordic cultural model.

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Falun, 2006. , p. 74
Keywords [en]
Assimilationism, Culture, comparative policy, Denmark, integration, multiculturalism, public policymaking, Sweden, Scandinavia, Nordic, immigration.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-2287OAI: oai:dalea.du.se:2287DiVA, id: diva2:518101
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Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2006-09-10 Created: 2006-09-10 Last updated: 2012-04-24Bibliographically approved

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