Migrants' attitudes and the welfare state : the Danish melting pot / Karen Nielsen Breidahl (Associate Professor in Comparative Welfare State Research), Troels Fage Hedegaard (Associate Professor in Comparative Welfare State Research), Kristian Kongshøj (Associate Professor in Comparative Welfare State Research) and Christian Albrekt Larsen (Professor in Comparative Welfare State Research, Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: PART I -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical perspectives on the assimilative impact of welfare state institutions -- 3. The surveys and register data -- PART II -- 4. The mixed background of the migrant groups -- 5. The mixed self-interest in the welfare state -- PART III -- 6. Migrants' trust in Danish institutions -- 7. Migrants' attitudes towards the government providing welfare -- 8. Migrants' attitudes towards redistribution and poverty relief -- 9. Migrants' attitudes towards female employment -- 10. Migrants' attitudes towards public childcare -- PART IV -- 11. Attitudes to migrants' access to equal social rights -- 12. Migrants' social trust -- 13. Conclusion -- References -- Index.

"Analysing two major surveys of 14 different migrant groups connected to Danish register data, this insightful book explores what migrants think of the welfare state. It investigates the question of whether migrants assimilate to the ideas of extensive state intervention in markets and families or if they retain the attitudes and values that are prevalent in their countries of origin. The authors examine what various migrant groups from countries including Poland, Romania, Spain, the UK, China, Japan, Turkey, Russia, the US, Pakistan, Lebanon, Iraq and the former-Yugoslavia living in Denmark think about the trustworthiness of state institutions, state responsibility, economic redistribution, female employment and childcare. Chapters also cover the key issues of national identification, social trust and welfare nationalism. Concluding that migrants from diverse backgrounds assimilate well into the welfare attitudes, norms and values of the Danish people in several areas, the book points to the potential assimilative impact of the welfare state. Incorporating new theoretical discussions, this book will be critical reading for academics and students studying migration and welfare states. It will also be a useful resource for comparative migration researchers interested in the impact of the host country context on migrants' assimilation patterns"-- Provided by publisher.

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