Diversity and social cohesion in Sweden

The question of the integration policy is here particularly interesting: Australia, where this paper was presented ( 18-20 February 2003, University of Sydney), has had a specific immigration and integration policyand Charles Westin, a researcher at the Stockholm University,author of this document, had to adapt to this specific public, which is one of the interests of this particularly thorough analysis.

Abstract:

I will address the issue of the policies Sweden has adopted to integrate its
migrant population, and on the other hand its stand in relation to the indigenous Saami
population.

An Australian view on the Nordic Social Models

The Australian Review of Public Affairshas published in 2006 a very interesting article “Social democracy in northern Europe: Its relevance for Australia” written by Andrew Scott for The University of Melbourne and RMIT University. Dr Andrew Scott is an honorary Fellow of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre at The University of Melbourne, and is on leave from his position as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning at RMIT University. He is author of Running on Empty: ‘Modernising’ the British and Australian Labour Parties (Pluto Press), and many other publications about labour and social democratic parties. And his article proves that the Nordic models are also studied outside Europe.

ABSTRACT
Social democrats in English-speaking countries have frequently looked to Sweden
and its neighbours as offering a policy model that combines economic prosperity
with social equality.