Undoing homogeneity in the Nordic region : migration, difference and the politics of solidarity / edited by Suvi Keskinen, Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir and Mari Toivanen.

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Series editor's preface; 1. Narrations of homogeneity, waning welfare states, and the politics of solidarity; Ideas of exceptional homogeneity, nation building, and race; Nordic welfare model and social cohesion; Securitisation policies and crimmigration; Towards a new politics of solidarity; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; PART 1: Histories of homogeneity and difference; 2. Forgetting diversity? Norwegian narratives of ethnic and cultural homogeneity; Introduction

The goal of a homogeneous populationDescribing homogeneous Norway; Forgetting diversity: Possible reasons for the late 1960s amnesia; Growing awareness of ethnic diversity in research and policy; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; 3. Myths of ethnic homogeneity: The Danish case; Introduction; Anchors, stories and symbols; Ethnic homogeneity? Concurrent and historical aspects; Present implications of diversity in Nørrebro and Østerbro; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4. Finnish media representations of the Sámi in the 1960s and 1970s; Introduction

Historical context: The Sámi in twentieth-century FinlandRepresenting our nation; "Also a Finn"-Belonging to the Finnish nation-state with rights and responsibilities; The exotic 'Other': Accepted even as 'faulty'?; Conclusion; Notes; References; PART 2: Governing and negotiating differences; 5. Knowledge about Roma and Travellers in Nordic schools: Paradoxes, constraints, and possibilities; Introduction; Diverse groups categorised and controlled; Data and analysis; Racialisation; Silence about Roma and Travellers in the nation-states

Conclusions: Paradoxes, constraints, and possibilities in providing knowledge about minoritised groupsNotes; References; 6. Problematising the urban periphery: Discourses on social exclusion and suburban youth in Sweden; Introduction; "An alternative social order": A dominant discourse on social exclusion; "We're en route towards a catastrophe in Sweden": Problematising the suburbs; "Nobody cares about our rights": Problematising the mechanisms of social exclusion; "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger": A will to make a change; "We young ones are no longer grateful": Megaphones of change

Concluding discussionReferences; 7. Welfare chauvinism at the margins of whiteness: Young unemployed Russian-speakers' negotiations of worker-citizenship in Finland; Introduction; Welfare chauvinism, whiteness and Russian-speakers in Finland; Methodology and ethical concerns; "You dream of success but then you become unemployed"; Becoming white and deserving welfare claimants; Conclusions; Notes; References; 8. Starry starry night: Fantasies of homogeneity in documentary films about Kvens and Norwegian-Pakistanis; Introduction; Under en annen himmel; Starry starry sky; Frivillig tvang

This book critically engages with dominant ideas of cultural homogeneity in the Nordic countries and contests the notion of homogeneity as a crucial determinant of social cohesion and societal security. Showing how national identities in the Nordic region have developed historically around notions of cultural and racial homogeneity, it exposes the varied histories of migration and the longstanding presence of ethnic minorities and indigenous people in the region that are ignored in dominant narratives. With attention to the implications of notions of homogeneity for the everyday lives of migrants and racialised minorities in the region, as well as the increasing securitisation of those perceived not to be part of the homogenous nation, this volume provides detailed analyses of how welfare state policies, media, and authorities seek to manage and govern cultural, religious, and racial differences. With studies of national minorities, indigenous people and migrants in the analysis of homogeneity and difference, it sheds light on the agency of minorities and the intertwining of securitisation policies with notions of culture, race, and religion in the government of difference. As such it will appeal to scholars and students in social sciences and humanities with interests in race and ethnicity, migration, postcolonialism, Nordic studies, multiculturalism, citizenship, and belonging.

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