Refugees and the Violence of Welfare Bureaucracies in Northern Europe, Hardback/***

This book underscores the centrality of refugees to the workings of current dynamics of social and cultural membership in the welfare state. The contributions look into the meaning of the welfare state, as represented in legal and discursive practices, and the imagination of those seeking to build new lives in it. -- . Illustrations: 4 black & white illustrations; 2 tables Editor(s): Martin Joormann