Constructing the “Good Citizen”: Discourses of Social Inclusion in Swedish Civic Orientation
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Resumo: | Sweden has long been described as a beacon of multiculturalism and generous access to citizenship, with integration policies that seek to offer free and equal access to the welfare state. In this article, we use the policy of Civic Orientation for Newly Arrived Migrants as a case with which to understand how migrants’ inclusion is discursively articulated and constructed by the different constituencies involved in interpreting the policy and organising and teaching the course. We do this by employing Foucault’s closely interrelated concepts of technology of self, political technology of individuals, and governmentality. With the help of critical discourse analysis, we illustrate how migrants’ inclusion is framed around an opposition between an idealised “good citizen” and a “target population” (Schneider & Ingram, 1993). In our analysis, we draw on individual interviews with 14 people involved in organising civic orientation and on classroom observations of six civic orientation courses. Firstly, we show how migrants are constructed as unknowing and in need of being fostered by the state. Secondly, we illustrate how social inclusion is presented as being dependent upon labour market participation, both in terms of finding work and in terms of behaving correctly in the workplace. Lastly, we show how migrant women are constructed as being problematically chained to the home and therefore needing to subject themselves to a specific political technology of self to be included. |
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Constructing the “Good Citizen”: Discourses of Social Inclusion in Swedish Civic Orientationcitizenship; civic orientation; critical discourse analysis; Foucault; migrationSweden has long been described as a beacon of multiculturalism and generous access to citizenship, with integration policies that seek to offer free and equal access to the welfare state. In this article, we use the policy of Civic Orientation for Newly Arrived Migrants as a case with which to understand how migrants’ inclusion is discursively articulated and constructed by the different constituencies involved in interpreting the policy and organising and teaching the course. We do this by employing Foucault’s closely interrelated concepts of technology of self, political technology of individuals, and governmentality. With the help of critical discourse analysis, we illustrate how migrants’ inclusion is framed around an opposition between an idealised “good citizen” and a “target population” (Schneider & Ingram, 1993). In our analysis, we draw on individual interviews with 14 people involved in organising civic orientation and on classroom observations of six civic orientation courses. Firstly, we show how migrants are constructed as unknowing and in need of being fostered by the state. Secondly, we illustrate how social inclusion is presented as being dependent upon labour market participation, both in terms of finding work and in terms of behaving correctly in the workplace. Lastly, we show how migrant women are constructed as being problematically chained to the home and therefore needing to subject themselves to a specific political technology of self to be included.Cogitatio Press2023-10-24info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/si.v11i4.7060https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v11i4.7060Social Inclusion; Vol 11, No 4 (2023): Adult Migrants’ Language Learning, Labour Market, and Social Inclusion; 121-1312183-280310.17645/si.i365reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/7060https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/7060/3413Copyright (c) 2023 Simon Bauer, Tommaso M. Milani, Kerstin von Brömssen, Andrea Speharinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBauer, SimonMilani, Tommaso M.von Brömssen, KerstinSpehar, Andrea2023-10-26T13:58:58Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7060Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:39:43.359810Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Constructing the “Good Citizen”: Discourses of Social Inclusion in Swedish Civic Orientation |
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Constructing the “Good Citizen”: Discourses of Social Inclusion in Swedish Civic Orientation |
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Constructing the “Good Citizen”: Discourses of Social Inclusion in Swedish Civic Orientation Bauer, Simon citizenship; civic orientation; critical discourse analysis; Foucault; migration |
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Constructing the “Good Citizen”: Discourses of Social Inclusion in Swedish Civic Orientation |
title_full |
Constructing the “Good Citizen”: Discourses of Social Inclusion in Swedish Civic Orientation |
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Constructing the “Good Citizen”: Discourses of Social Inclusion in Swedish Civic Orientation |
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Constructing the “Good Citizen”: Discourses of Social Inclusion in Swedish Civic Orientation |
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Constructing the “Good Citizen”: Discourses of Social Inclusion in Swedish Civic Orientation |
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Bauer, Simon |
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Bauer, Simon Milani, Tommaso M. von Brömssen, Kerstin Spehar, Andrea |
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Milani, Tommaso M. von Brömssen, Kerstin Spehar, Andrea |
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Bauer, Simon Milani, Tommaso M. von Brömssen, Kerstin Spehar, Andrea |
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citizenship; civic orientation; critical discourse analysis; Foucault; migration |
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citizenship; civic orientation; critical discourse analysis; Foucault; migration |
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Sweden has long been described as a beacon of multiculturalism and generous access to citizenship, with integration policies that seek to offer free and equal access to the welfare state. In this article, we use the policy of Civic Orientation for Newly Arrived Migrants as a case with which to understand how migrants’ inclusion is discursively articulated and constructed by the different constituencies involved in interpreting the policy and organising and teaching the course. We do this by employing Foucault’s closely interrelated concepts of technology of self, political technology of individuals, and governmentality. With the help of critical discourse analysis, we illustrate how migrants’ inclusion is framed around an opposition between an idealised “good citizen” and a “target population” (Schneider & Ingram, 1993). In our analysis, we draw on individual interviews with 14 people involved in organising civic orientation and on classroom observations of six civic orientation courses. Firstly, we show how migrants are constructed as unknowing and in need of being fostered by the state. Secondly, we illustrate how social inclusion is presented as being dependent upon labour market participation, both in terms of finding work and in terms of behaving correctly in the workplace. Lastly, we show how migrant women are constructed as being problematically chained to the home and therefore needing to subject themselves to a specific political technology of self to be included. |
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