Europeanization in Sweden: Opportunities and Challenges for Civil Society Organizations - Paperback

by Anna Meeuwisse (Editor), Roberto Scaramuzzino (Editor)

Notwithstanding its many successes since 1945, the project of European integration currently faces major difficulties, from financial crises and mass immigration to the departure of the UK from the European Union. At the same time, these challenges have spurred civil society organizations within and across Europe, revealing a shared public sphere in which citizens can mobilize around refugee rights, opposition to austerity policies, and other issues. Europeanization in Sweden assembles new empirical research on how these processes have played out in one of the continent's wealthiest nations, providing insights into whether, and how, the "Swedish model" can guide European integration.

Author Biography

Roberto Scaramuzzino is Associate Professor at Lund University, Sweden. His research interests include changes in the welfare and integration systems and the role of civil society organizations in different countries. He has been engaged in comparative studies of mobilization in the migration and prostitution policy fields in Sweden, and Italy, and at the EU-level. He is currently working in a research program on civil society elites in Europe.