Book Review of Helms, Elissa and Pulkkinen, Tuija. (eds.) 2023. Borders of desire: Gender and sexuality at the eastern borders of Europe. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 181.
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Author: Silje Andresen
Book Review of Boccagni, Paolo (ed.) 2023. The Handbook on Home and Migration. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 702.
The main aim of the recent Handbook on Home and Migration was to overcome the case study-based fragmentation of the discussion on homemaking among people on the move, and to elevate it to a substantive thematic, conceptual and theoretical le…
The Rightward Shift: Transformation of Global Migration Policy and Discourse
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Precarious Residence? A study on the Impact of Restrictive Migration Policy on Migrants’ Subjective Well-Being and Stress
Migration policy in the Nordic welfare states is increasingly marked by restrictiveness. Although research has studied the consequences of this policy trend, there is limited knowledge about how it affects stress levels and the well-being of migrants. …
Book review of Hübinette, Tobias. 2024. Svenska Asiater: Asiatisk rasism och framväxten av en ny minoritet [Asian Swedes: Asian racism and the emergence of a new minority]. Stockholm: Verbal. 287 pp.
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Book Review of Solano, Priscilla. 2024. Shelter on the Journey: Humanitarianism, Human Rights, and Migration. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 188 pp.
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Numbers, Ignorance and Swedish Migration Policy
Starting in 2015, Sweden embarked upon a series of policy changes designed to reduce the number of migrants arriving to Sweden. Even though the effect of these policies on migrant arrivals remained unclear and a number of societal actors warned of nega…
Nordic Exceptionalism? How Scandinavian Border and Coast Guards Rationalize Their Participation in Frontex Operations
This paper examines how Scandinavian border and coast guards seconded to Frontex operations understand their participation in them. Drawing on interviews with Swedish and Danish border and coast guards, the paper introduces the notion of Nordic excepti…
Book Review of Eick, Gianna Maria. 2024. Welfare Chauvinism in Europe: How Education, Economy and Culture Shape Public Opinion. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. pp. 176.
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Book Review of Keskinen, Suvi. 2022. Mobilising the Racialised ‘others’: Postethnic Activism, Neoliberalisation and Racial Politics. London: Routledge. 164 pp.
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Book Review of Hoegaerts, Josephine, Liimatainen, Tuire, Hekanaho, Laura and Peterson, Elizabeth (Eds.) 2022. Finnishness, Whiteness and Coloniality. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. 373 pp.
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Book Review of Ahlholm, Maria, Piippo, Irina and Portaankorva-Koivisto, Päivi (Eds.) 2023. Vastasaapuneet Luokkahuoneissa: Ikkunoita Valmistavaan Opetukseen Ja Monikieliseen Kouluun. Tampere: Vastapaino, 376 pp.
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Engaging with Three Predicaments of Transnational Migration Research in the Postcolonial Condition
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Correction: Gender and Social Contacts: Labour Market Entry Among Refugee and Family Reunion Migrants in Sweden
This article details a correction to: Weber, R. (2024) ‘Gender and Social Contacts: Labour Market Entry Among Refugee and Family Reunion Migrants in Sweden’, Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 14(3), 4. Available at: https://d…
Book Review of O’Regan, Michael (ed.) 2023. <em>Backpacking Culture and Mobilities: Independent and Nomadic Travel</em>. Bristol and Jackson: Channel View Publications. 299 pp.
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Book Review of Mau, Steffen 2023. <em>Sorting Machines. The Reinvention of the Border in the 21st Century</em>. Cambridge: Polity Press. 174 pp.
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Book review of Castañeda, Heide. 2023. <em>Migration and health: Critical perspectives</em>. London & New York: Routledge. 166 pp.
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Book Review of Wilhelmsen, Terese, Berg, Ellen, Evensen, Kristin V., Solstad, Gerd Marie, and Thorjussen, Ingfrid M. (eds.) 2023. <em>Bevegelsesfellesskap i oppveksten: Kritiske perspektiver på inkludering og mangfold [Movement Communities in Childhood: Critical Perspectives on Inclusion and Diversity]</em>. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget
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Book Review of Loftsdóttir, Kristín, Hipfl, Brigitte and Ponzanesi, Sandra (eds.) 2024. <em>Creating Europe from the Margins: Mobilities and Racism in Postcolonial Europe</em>. London: Routledge. 216 pp.
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Gaza and the Right to Have Rights
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