TY - JOUR AU - Breidahl, Karen N. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/03/01 TI - Scandinavian exceptionalism? Civic integration and labour market activation for newly arrived immigrants JO - Comparative Migration Studies SP - 2 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Since the late 1990s, a wide range of so-called new civic integration policies aimed at civilizing or disciplining newcomers have been introduced. Consequently, migration scholars have discussed whether a converging restrictive ‘civic turn’ has taken place in Western Europe or whether national models have been resilient: Based on an in-depth historical and comparative analysis of labour market activation policies targeting newly arrived immigrants in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark since the early 1990s, the article contributes to the overall question: To what extent do the institutional pathways of the Scandinavian welfare states prevail when confronted with newcomers? Activation policies targeting newly arrived immigrants exemplifies how the ambition of states to promote functional, individual autonomy is also an important, ongoing process in diverse policy areas of the welfare state and not restricted to early integration instruments. SN - 2214-594X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-016-0045-8 DO - 10.1186/s40878-016-0045-8 ID - Breidahl2017 ER -