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1. A Cold War Pursuit : Soviet refugees in Sweden, 1945-54
Sammanfattning : What determines refugee policies in liberal democracies? Humanitarianism? International relations? Economics? Identity issues? International law? Concerns for national security? This book explores these factors through a case study of non-aligned Sweden’s management of Soviet refugees during the first decade of the Cold War. The policy of admission and political asylum; the government’s handling of direct Soviet demands regarding refugees; the Swedish authorities’ surveillance strategies and the continuing living conditions of individuals who were permitted to stay, are all studied in depth. LÄS MER
2. "We are in the Congo now" : Sweden and the trinity of peacekeeping during the Congo crisis 1960-1964
Sammanfattning : his work examines the contemporaneous Swedish experience from participation in the United Nations operation in the Congo, ONUC, from 1960 to 1964. Inspired by Carl von Clausewitz’s understanding of war as a trinity consisting of three ‘nodes’: the political authority, the people and the military, this study focuses on the ONUC experience as described by the government in Sweden, leading Swedish news media and the Swedish battalions serving in the Congo. LÄS MER
3. Planeringsforskningens genombrott : Försvarets forskningsanstalt och det globala kalla krigets planeringsexperter
Sammanfattning : This dissertation highlights the impact of Swedish defense research in Cold War Sweden, with an emphasis on the impact of planning experts from the Swedish Defense Research Establishment (Försvarets forskningsanstalt, FOA). FOA was established as a research institute for applied military science in 1945. LÄS MER
4. Advocates of Realpolitik : Sweden, Europe and the Helsinki Final Act
Sammanfattning : Sweden is traditionally portrayed as an active critic and mediator or bridge builder in international politics during the 1960s and 1970s. The activation of Swedish foreign policy, often ascribed to Prime Minister Olof Palme, has been lauded as a transformation from armed isolationism to internationalist solidarity. LÄS MER
5. Swedish refugee policymaking in transition? : Czechoslovaks and Polish Jews in Sweden, 1968-1972
Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to examine the Swedish government’s responses to the Prague Spring, the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, the anti-Semitic campaigns in Poland and, first and foremost, to Czechoslovak and Polish-Jewish refugees fleeing their native countries as a result of these event during the formative period of the late 1960s and early 1970s. This has been accomplished by examining the entire process from the decision to admit the refugees in 1968, to their reception and economic integration into Swedish society during the seven-year period necessary for acquiring Swedish citizenship. LÄS MER
