Contesting Family in Finnish and Canadian Immigration and Refugee Policy

Adopting a governmentality perspective, this article explores the multiconceptuality of family in Finnish and Canadian immigration and refugee policy domains by analyzing official and political discourse. Contestation is found to typically manifest as conflict between Western ‘nuclear’ and non-Weste...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Randy K. Lippert, Miikka Pyykkönen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Helsinki University Press 2012-03-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Migration Research
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Online Access:https://journal-njmr.org/articles/53