Open this publication in new window or tab >>2025 (Swedish)In: Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, ISSN 1104-1420, E-ISSN 2003-5624, Vol. 31, no 3-4, p. 425-445Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Integration-promoting efforts - Segregation enhancing concequences Focusing on Malmö, one of Sweden´s major cities, this analysis examines the strategies implemented over recent decades to counteract segregation. It explores the impacts of these intiatives on the development or manifestation of segregation. Key questions guiding the analysis include: What is considered an expression of segregation and integration, respectively? Which approaches to counteract segregation have been prioritised during different periods, and how do these approaches compare? Why does segregation persist despite various efforts to combat it?
The analysis draws on a comprehensive report summarising 25 years of Malmö´s work to counteract segregation. The methods that have been used include reviews of political decisions, guidelines, budget documentats etc., and interviews with eleven stakeholders, including politicians, researchers, and civil servants. Grounded in the view that integration and segregation are linked to welfare, the analysis uses the concepts of cohesion and community as the theoretical foundation. The results indicate a historical tendency to focus on migrants, employment, and sustenance within specific residential areas, resulting in stigmatisation. Recently, policies have taken a repressive turn, neglecting underlying structural factors which ultimately reinforce rather than mitigationg segregation and its negative concequences.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2025
Keywords
Integration, Segregation, Community, Cohesion, Welfare, Urban planning
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-73420 (URN)10.3384/SVT.2024.31.3-4.5629 (DOI)
Note
Temanummer: Socioekonomisk utsatthet, jämlikhet och skälig levnadsstandard
Abstract är skriven på engelska men artikeln är skriven på svenska.
2025-01-292025-01-292025-04-17Bibliographically approved