Labnet: Conf.ann.: An American Dilemma? - a conference in Odense, 1-3 October

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Title: An American Dilemma?
Subtitle: Ann: a conference in Odense, 1-3 October
URL: http://labourhistory.net/news/i0904_7.php 

An American Dilemma? Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States in the U.S.,
Europe and the Nordic Countries

NCoE NordWel, Centre for Welfare State Research
01.10.2009-03.10.2009, University of Southern Denmark

	NCoE NordWel and Centre for Welfare State Research are happy to
invite you to an international conference on the theme Race, Ethnicity
and Welfare States.

The conference will bring together a group of U.S., Nordic and European
scholars to engage in a cross-national as well as chronological
comparison of one the most complex and controversial aspects of modern
welfare states: the question of "us" and "them" in relation to the
development of social rights and welfare institutions. By facilitating a
cross-cultural conversation, we also hope to cross the border between
two very different welfare state narratives: the "idealistic" history of
the Nordic and European model of welfare, and the more
conflict-orientated history of the American welfare state.

Taking its point of departure from the current academic debates on
race/ethnicity and welfare policies, this conference aims to go beyond
stereotypes of welfare state models and immigration regimes in order to
compare critically Nordic, European and American experiences at
significant moments in history.

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