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Political Entrepreneurs and immigrant's entrepreneurship
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9805-1276
2016 (English)In: Political Entrepreneurship: Regional Growth and Entrepreneurial Diversity in Sweden / [ed] Charlie Karlsson, Charlotte Silander and Daniel Silander, Cheltenham Glos, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016, p. 149-170Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

For several decades, Sweden has been a country of immigration, during which process multicultural diversity has been built up. Nevertheless, equal opportunity despite ethnic or national origin seems to be a distant goal, rather than something indisputably safeguarded in a democratic welfare society of the globalization era. In light of unequal preconditions, not least in the labour market, there has for a long time been a political ambition to cultivate entrepreneurship in the immigrant population. An increasing level of self-employment – most preferably in groups that otherwise struggle hard to compete in the labour market – is expected to stimulate employment, both to the benefit of the actual entrepreneur, thus being able to make a living, and in terms of the possibility for small businesses to expand and contribute to the creation of new jobs in the economy. The attractiveness of such a win-win plan notwithstanding, reality seems to be hard to comprehend and influence. This chapter describes and discusses conditions for entrepreneurship among immigrants in Sweden. Specifically, the question of the role of public policy initiatives in this regard will be addressed. As the results from this analysis will show, there may be reasons to suspect housing segregation to be an independent factor influencing the entrepreneurial level of ambition in Sweden.

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Cheltenham Glos, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016. p. 149-170
Keywords [en]
Political entreprenurship Education University Young People
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Political Science
Research subject
Economy, Ledarskap, entreprenörskap och organisation; Political Science, Political Science Education
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-58125DOI: 10.4337/9781785363504.00016ISI: 000403822500009Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85075327141ISBN: 9781785363498 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-58125DiVA, id: diva2:1046549
Available from: 2016-11-14 Created: 2016-11-14 Last updated: 2022-11-04Bibliographically approved

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