Refugee housing in rural Finland and Sweden
(2023) Regional Studies Association Annual conference- Abstract
- This paper discusses how housing for refugees is delt with by the authorities in rural Finland and Sweden. More precisely, we look at the services systems, rights and obligations which guide the choices of immigrants once they are allowed so stay, at least temporarily, in respective country. We apply the ‘conflicted policy processes’ approach in intergovernmental relations and Peter Scholten’s governance typology in a conceptual framework to analyse major problems which these multi-actor systems seem to create when it comes to immigrant integration.
The findings suggest that the responsibility, implementation and financing of refugee housing are blurred. The analysis displays that the strong influence of ‘conflicted policy processes’... (More) - This paper discusses how housing for refugees is delt with by the authorities in rural Finland and Sweden. More precisely, we look at the services systems, rights and obligations which guide the choices of immigrants once they are allowed so stay, at least temporarily, in respective country. We apply the ‘conflicted policy processes’ approach in intergovernmental relations and Peter Scholten’s governance typology in a conceptual framework to analyse major problems which these multi-actor systems seem to create when it comes to immigrant integration.
The findings suggest that the responsibility, implementation and financing of refugee housing are blurred. The analysis displays that the strong influence of ‘conflicted policy processes’ in the intergovernmental relations and Scholten’s ‘decoupling’ counteract the integration process into the new host communities. Generally, successful housing integration takes place by chance and in an arbitrary way. Our conclusion is that multi-dimensional governance is a theoretical construct doing more harm than good in the context of this paper; the outcome is not resource efficient, it does not improve the housing situation for refugees nor facilitate the integration process. (Less)
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- Rauhut, Daniel LU and Kettunen, Pekka
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- 2023
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- Contribution to conference
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- Regional Studies Association Annual conference
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- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- conference dates
- 2023-06-14 - 2023-06-17
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- English
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abstract = {{This paper discusses how housing for refugees is delt with by the authorities in rural Finland and Sweden. More precisely, we look at the services systems, rights and obligations which guide the choices of immigrants once they are allowed so stay, at least temporarily, in respective country. We apply the ‘conflicted policy processes’ approach in intergovernmental relations and Peter Scholten’s governance typology in a conceptual framework to analyse major problems which these multi-actor systems seem to create when it comes to immigrant integration.<br/>The findings suggest that the responsibility, implementation and financing of refugee housing are blurred. The analysis displays that the strong influence of ‘conflicted policy processes’ in the intergovernmental relations and Scholten’s ‘decoupling’ counteract the integration process into the new host communities. Generally, successful housing integration takes place by chance and in an arbitrary way. Our conclusion is that multi-dimensional governance is a theoretical construct doing more harm than good in the context of this paper; the outcome is not resource efficient, it does not improve the housing situation for refugees nor facilitate the integration process.}},
author = {{Rauhut, Daniel and Kettunen, Pekka}},
language = {{eng}},
title = {{Refugee housing in rural Finland and Sweden}},
year = {{2023}},
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