7 Media constructions of the refugee crisis in Sweden

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vii
4. List of tables viii
5. List of contributors ix
6. Acknowledgements xii
7. 1 Introduction 1
8. PART I: Governing refugees
9. 2 Social class, economic capital and the Swedish, German and Danish asylum systems 31
10. 3 Lesson for the future or threat to sovereignty? 50
11. 4 Representations of the refugee crisis in Denmark 67
12. 5 Minimum rights policies targeting people seeking protection in Denmark and Sweden 85
13. PART II: Disciplining refugees
14. 6 Images of crisis and the crisis of images 105
15. 7 Media constructions of the refugee crisis in Sweden 122
16. 8 (De-)legitimation of migration 144
17. PART III: The meaning of refugeeness
18. 9 Living bureaucratisation 161
19. 10 Aspiration, appreciation, and frustration 180
20. 11 The trauma of waiting 195
21. 12 Bureaucratised banality 210
22. Index 227