“We Are a Small Country That Has Done Enormously Lot”: The ‘Refugee Crisis’ and the Hybrid Discourse of Politicizing Immigration in Sweden

Krzyzanowski, M ORCID: 0000-0003-4073-2831 (2017) “We Are a Small Country That Has Done Enormously Lot”: The ‘Refugee Crisis’ and the Hybrid Discourse of Politicizing Immigration in Sweden. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 16 (1-2). 97 - 117.

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Abstract

This article looks at mainstream political discourses about immigration in Sweden during the recent “refugee crisis”. It argues that different patterns of politicization of immigration have traditionally dominated in Sweden and focuses on Swedish mainstream politics wherein, as is shown, explicit focus on politicization via (previous as well as current) immigration-related policies still persists. However, as the analysis of Sweden's Social Democratic Party's Twitter discourse shows, a hybrid new discourse of politicization is now emerging. It allows political actors to legitimize immigration policy with often populist-like politicization and the use of new modes of online political communication.

Item Type:	Article
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 Nov 2017 08:27
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 06:51
DOI:	10.1080/15562948.2017.1317895
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3011472

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