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Danish academic Christian Larsen challenges traditional accounts of social cohesion by arguing that the degree to which society is considered 'broken' depends largely on how citizens perceive the status of their fellow citizens.

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Migration and Northern European welfare states -- 2. Modelling the inflow of asylum seekers into Northern Europe: are access to generous welfare benefits and other policies affecting destination choice? -- 3. Asylum seekers' social rights while waiting: comparative insights from Denmark, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands -- 4. Labour market policies and refugees: the case of Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany -- 5. Education policies and the dilemmas concerning migrant students in the Northern European welfare states: the case of mother-tongue instruction -- 6. Memories of recognition in school: a survey of young adult immigrant descendants in Denmark and Sweden -- 7. From convergence to divergence? The evolvement of North European citizenship politics -- 8. Public opinion about migrant selection in Northern Europe -- 9. Revisiting the progressive dilemma -- References -- Index.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Box -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Welfare Regimes and the Attitudes of their Inhabitants -- 3 The Puzzle of Public Opinion -- 4 Welfare Regimes and Deservingness -- 5 Welfare Regimes and Perceived Causes of Poverty -- 6 Selectivism and Stigmatisation -- 7 Generosity and Stigmatisation -- 8 Regime-dependent Perceptions and Social Assistance -- 9 Deservingness and Welfare State Development -- References

This volume explores the ways in which social cohesion can be established and undermined. It examines the US and UK, where social cohesion declined in the latter part of the 20th century and Sweden and Denmark, where social cohesion increased, and puts forward a social constructivist explanation for this shift