Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Notes on the Contributors
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Civil Spheres, Pro-Civil States, and Their Contradictions
• Conclusion
• Note
• References
• Part I Social Democracy and the Civil Sphere
• 1 The Civil Sphere and the Welfare State
• Introduction
• Conceptualizing the Civil Sphere
• Democracy, the Civil Sphere, and the State
• The Social Question
• The Welfare State and Its Critics
• Civil Sphere Redux
• Note
• References
• 2 Nordic Civil Spheres and Pro-Civil States
• Introduction
• Civil Reforms of the State
• Communicative Institutions in the Nordic Countries
• Social Movements and the State
• The Importance of Social Democratic Parties
• Concluding Discussion: Checks and Balances
• Note
• References
• 3 Complicated Translations
• Introduction
• Civil Sphere Theory
• Translation and Performativity in Civil Sphere Theory
• Philanthropy in Denmark
• The Egmont Case
• Discussion
• Note
• References
• Part II The Struggle for Recognition: Performing Civility
• 4 “You Can’t Liberate the Free”: Gender, Work, and Swedish Hijabis
• Introduction
• Material and Methods
• Debating the Judgment
• The SAS Controversy
• “The Right to Our Bodies”: Social Protest
• Complexities in the Swedish Civil Sphere
• Afterword
• References
• 5 Arts Difference and Incorporation: Swedish Hip-Hop as a Site for Civil Repair
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Note
• References
• 6 Sámi Sport in the Nordic Civil Sphere: Assimilation, Multiculturalism, and Multiple Axes of Membership
• Introduction
• The Primordial State as Civil Colonizer and Its Sports Tool
• Time and Function: The Civil Core and Peripheries of the Norwegian Welfare State
• Space and Function: The Civil Core and Peripheries of Sápmi
• Conclusion: The Duality of Inclusion
• Notes
• References
• Part III Civil and Uncivil Immigrant Identities
• 7 “They’re Immigrants Who Are Kind of Swedish”: Universalism, Primordialism, and Modes of Incorporation in the Swedish Civil Sphere
• Introduction
• Equality and Individualism in the Swedish Civil Sphere
• Dimensions of Belonging in a Swedish Context
• Conclusion: A Crisis of Meaning
• Note
• References
• 8 Immigrant Incorporation in Education: High School Students’ Negotiation of Belonging
• Introduction
• Immigrant Incorporation
• The Backdrop of Swedish High School Policy
• City Academy
• The School Culture of City Academy
• Negotiating Swedishness
• Discussion
• Note
• References
• Part IV Nativism and Extremism in the Pro-Civil State
• 9 Global Terrorism and the Civil Sphere in Norway: Renegotiating Civil Codes
• Introduction
• Terrorism and the Civil Sphere
• Civil Codes and the Terrorism Threat in Norway
• Terrorism, Solidarity, and the Boundaries of the Norwegian Civil Sphere
• Conclusion
• Note
• References
• 10 The True Finns/Finns Party: A Right-Wing Populist Party and the Backlash against Multiculturalism in a Consensus-Oriented Civil Sphere
• Introduction
• Populist Radical Right Parties and Conflict over Modes of Incorporation
• Act 1: Becoming a Successor Party
• Act 2: Transformation, Increased Scrutiny, and Electoral Success
• Act 3: The Finns Party Moves Further Right
• References
• Commentary: The Civil State in the Nordic Region and Beyond
• The Civil State in the Nordic Region
• The Civil State in the Nordic Region as a Work in Progress
• Building a Civil State Outside the North and the West
• Note
• References
• Conclusion: Developing Civil Sphere Theory the Nordic Way
• Introduction
• The Welfare State as Locus of the Civil
• Immigration and the Nordic Civil Sphere
• Inclusion and Exclusion in the Civil Sphere
• Conclusion
• Note
• References
• Index
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