Integration and New Limits on Citizenship Rights (PDF)

Nicole Stokes-DuPass is Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Sociology at Holy Family University, USA. She previously served as a U.S. Fulbright Fellow and Guest Researcher at the Danish Institute for Social Research in Copenhagen, Denmark from 2000-2001 and 2008. She also previously served as a Dissertation Fellow for the American-Scandinavian Foundation to Denmark in 2008 and has also conducted research abroad in Russia, Germany and Cuba.

“A core argument of the book is that Danish state policies manufactures Danishness. … The book includes a large number of theoretical perspectives contributions … . The value of the book is that it is one of the few books in English by a foreigner with an intimate knowledge of Denmark that gives a comprehensive and critical analysis of the cultural and state-centred constructions of ethnic identity and citizenship rights in a country with a strong climate of anti-immigration.” (Peter Gundelach, Ethnic and Racial Studies, May, 2016)

"Through rigorous empirical and theoretical analysis, Stokes-DuPass provides insightful ways of understanding how Danish citizenship and identity formation exclude migrants with non-European backgrounds. Stokes-DuPass rightly argues that the nation-state continues to be an important locus of power in structuring and regulating the unequal relationships between ethnic Danes and naturalized Danes. This is a critical and timely contribution to the study of citizenship in Scandinavia that is tormented by explicit anti-immigration forces. Stokes-DuPass has written an original and knowledgeable book and has made a significant contribution to the field of Nordic migration and citizenship studies." - Barzoo Eliassi, Senior Lecturer, Linnaeus University and Research Associate at Oxford University and the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University

"With insight and depth, Stokes-DuPass provides an excellent analysis of citizenship, identity, and race in Denmark. Through her interviews with Danish immigrants and their families, Stokes-DuPass identifies the costs of anti-immigrant policy in a "progressive" welfare state." - Joya Misra, Professor of Sociology & Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, USA, and editor, Gender & Society

"Nicole Stokes-DuPass demonstrates an extraordinary good understanding and knowledge of the Danish society, politics, and culture developments over the period. The findings