Policy learning from Canada : reforming Scandinavian immigration and integration policies
Trygve Ugland (Author)
"Focusing on the three Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, Policy Learning from Canada is a systematic study of the international relevance of the Canadian immigration and integration policy model. To reveal how the Canadian immigration model has shaped the reform process in Scandinavia, Trygve Ugland critically examines public documents, including government proposals, documents from parliamentary debates, and reports by ad-hoc expert commissions, as well as letters from consulted agencies. Ugland's intensive studies on Canada's immigration and integration policies depict Canada not only as a model and inspiration to Scandinavian policy makers, but, in particular, as an intellectual stimulus for the rediscovery of labour immigration in Scandinavia during the 2000s. The study demonstrates that the Canadian model, often perceived as a product of unique circumstances, can be relevant in other countries."-- Provided by publisher
x, 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781487503192, 1487503199
1024132150
Part One Introduction
1 Scandinavians in Search of Solutions: The Canadian Immigration and Integration Policy Model
Part Two The Canadian Immigration and Integration Policy Model in Scandinavian Politics
2 Sweden's Special Transatlantic Policy Relationship: Moving towards Mutual Inspiration
3 Denmark's Selective Political Attention: The Development of an Alternative Model
4 Norway's Inspired but Still Slow Learning: A Reluctant Reformer
Part Three Discussion and Conclusions
5 Scandinavian Lesson-Drawing from Canada as "Work"
6 Canada as an Inspirational, but Not Always Practical or Desirable Model: The Politics of Pragmatism