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Widening Holes in Social Safety Nets: An Institutional Analysis of Multidimensional Segmentation in the Swedish Welfare and Labour Model

Farahani, Toufan LU (2025) UTVK03 20251
Sociology
Abstract
This thesis aims to fill a gap in the study of segmentation in advanced economies by exploring the multidimensional nature of segmentation, with a focus on migrants. It seeks to do so by studying the segmentation within institutions that constitutes the coordinated market economy of Sweden, utilising it as a national case to further understand change in advanced economies. This change is analysed through a framework of gradual institutional change and welfare chauvinism in order to explain both the mechanism and cause of change, finding that segmentation of migrants has occurred through various institutional mechanisms of change, such as displacement, layering, drift and conversion in multiple dimensions, not solely the labour market. The... (More)
This thesis aims to fill a gap in the study of segmentation in advanced economies by exploring the multidimensional nature of segmentation, with a focus on migrants. It seeks to do so by studying the segmentation within institutions that constitutes the coordinated market economy of Sweden, utilising it as a national case to further understand change in advanced economies. This change is analysed through a framework of gradual institutional change and welfare chauvinism in order to explain both the mechanism and cause of change, finding that segmentation of migrants has occurred through various institutional mechanisms of change, such as displacement, layering, drift and conversion in multiple dimensions, not solely the labour market. The method of finding these institutional changes is secondary qualitative analysis. The thesis analyses the changes in Swedish institutions as a drift away from solidaristic politics towards a more segmented and fractured welfare state and political economy, specifically for migrants. The thesis concludes with a suggestion that the highly coordinated nature of the Swedish welfare state may be partially responsible for the multidimensionality of this segmentation. It also suggests further study into institutional change and segmentation across other advanced economies, with a specific focus on multidimensional aspects of segmentation. (Less)
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author
Farahani, Toufan LU
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organization
course
UTVK03 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Sweden, institutions, migration, segmentation, welfare, solidarity, multidimensional
language
English
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9193656
date added to LUP
2025-06-17 09:07:26
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2025-06-17 09:07:26
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  abstract     = {{This thesis aims to fill a gap in the study of segmentation in advanced economies by exploring the multidimensional nature of segmentation, with a focus on migrants. It seeks to do so by studying the segmentation within institutions that constitutes the coordinated market economy of Sweden, utilising it as a national case to further understand change in advanced economies. This change is analysed through a framework of gradual institutional change and welfare chauvinism in order to explain both the mechanism and cause of change, finding that segmentation of migrants has occurred through various institutional mechanisms of change, such as displacement, layering, drift and conversion in multiple dimensions, not solely the labour market. The method of finding these institutional changes is secondary qualitative analysis. The thesis analyses the changes in Swedish institutions as a drift away from solidaristic politics towards a more segmented and fractured welfare state and political economy, specifically for migrants. The thesis concludes with a suggestion that the highly coordinated nature of the Swedish welfare state may be partially responsible for the multidimensionality of this segmentation. It also suggests further study into institutional change and segmentation across other advanced economies, with a specific focus on multidimensional aspects of segmentation.}},
  author       = {{Farahani, Toufan}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Widening Holes in Social Safety Nets: An Institutional Analysis of Multidimensional Segmentation in the Swedish Welfare and Labour Model}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}