Nordic Nationalism and Penal Order

Walling the Welfare State
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-36043-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship

In late summer 2015, Sweden embarked on one of the largest self-described humanitarian efforts in its history, opening its borders to 163,000 asylum seekers fleeing the war in Syria. Six months later this massive effort was over. On January 4, 2016, Sweden closed its border with Denmark. This closure makes a startling reversal of Sweden’s open borders to refugees and contravenes free movement in the Schengen Area, a founding principle of the European Union. What happened? This book sets out to explain this reversal.

In her new and compelling book, Vanessa Barker explores the Swedish case study to challenge several key paradigms for understanding penal order in the twenty-first century and makes an important contribution to our understanding of punishment and welfare states. She questions the dominance of neoliberalism and political economy as the main explanation for the penalization of others, migrants and foreign nationals, and develops an alternative theoretical framework based on the internal logic of the welfare state and democratic theory about citizenship, incorporation, and difference, paying particular attention to questions of belonging, worthiness, and ethnic and gender hierarchies. Her book develops the concept of penal nationalism as an important form of penal power in the twenty-first century, providing a bridge between border control and punishment studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barker, Vanessa

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Nordic Nationalism and Penal Order: Puzzle, Arguments and Objectives, 2. The Internal Logic of the Welfare State, 3. Mapping Membership: Social Fault Lines in Sweden, 4. Penal Nationalism: Its Forms and Functions, 5. Contesting the Pain of Others, 6. At the Border Fence: Inward Security, Outward Harm, Appendix: Research Process and Moments of Discovery

Über Autor(innen)

Vanessa Barker is Docent and Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Associate Director of Border Criminologies. Her research focuses on questions of democracy and penal order, the welfare state and border control, the criminalization and penalization of migrants, and the role of civil society in penal reform.