Generous betrayal : politics of culture in the new Europe /

Main Author: Wikan, Unni, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: I WELFARE FOR WHOM?
  • 1 A Society Worth Living In
  • 2 A Tale of Two Would-Be Survivors
  • 3 A Modern Form of Sacrifice
  • II THE NEW NORWAY
  • 4 Immigrants in Norway: Some Salient Facts
  • 5 Dangerous Facts: What We Were Not Supposed to Know
  • 6 Silence as Political Cover-Up
  • III THE POLITICS OF CULTURE
  • 7 Law versus Culture
  • 8 Culture and Accountabiliy
  • 9 Culture-A New Concept of Race?
  • 10 Cultures Don't Meet, People Do
  • IV GENDER AND IDENTITY POLITICS
  • 11 Sara's Story: The Crime of Becoming Swedish
  • 12 Anna and Others: Religion Is Not the Culprit
  • 13 Noreen's Story: The Price of a Narrow Escape
  • V THE FIRST PERSON SINGULAR
  • 14 A Fatal Difference in Grammar
  • 15 "You Never Asked Me!"
  • 16 Opportuniy Lost: The Defeat ofan Everyday Hero
  • 17 Overcoming the Odds: Somali Women in Norway
  • VI TOLERANCE VERSUS HUMANISM
  • 18 Generous Betrayal
  • 19 The Politics of Fear
  • 20 Civic Libery and Liberal Democracy
  • VII A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
  • 21 Nadia's Case: A Crucial Step Forward
  • 22 Welfare and Citizenship
  • 23 Welfare and Social Justice
  • Postscript: Aisha and the Long Way to Freedom
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.