Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe最新文献

Representations of the refugee crisis in Denmark 关于丹麦难民危机的陈述

Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.7765/9781526146847.00011

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Minimum rights policies targeting people seeking protection in Denmark and Sweden 丹麦和瑞典针对寻求保护的人的最低权利政策

Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.7765/9781526146847.00012

A. Lindberg

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Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.7765/9781526146847.00003

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Lesson for the future or threat to sovereignty? 这是对未来的教训还是对主权的威胁?

Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.7765/9781526146847.00010

Admir Skodo

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Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.7765/9781526146847.00004

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Front matter 前页

Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.7765/9781526146847.00001

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Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.7765/9781526146847.00022

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Images of crisis and the crisis of images 危机的形象和形象的危机

Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.7765/9781526146847.00014

Jelena Jovičić

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Media constructions of the refugee crisis in Sweden 瑞典难民危机的媒体建构

Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.7765/9781526146847.00015

D. Abdelhady

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Social class, economic capital and the Swedish, German and Danish asylum systems 社会阶层、经济资本以及瑞典、德国和丹麦的庇护制度

Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe Pub Date : 2020-03-25 DOI: 10.7765/9781526146847.00009

Martin Joormann

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