Migrants' attitudes and the welfare state : the Danish melting pot / Karen Nielsen Breidahl [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breidahl, Karen N., author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Denmark--Attitudes.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Denmark--Social conditions.

Welfare state--Denmark.

Welfare state.

Denmark.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781800376342

1800376340

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access.