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Immigrants’ entitlement to social rights emerges as a major issue in the UK, Germany, Norway and Denmark, but the question of how to attract highly qualified labour dominates discussion in Slovenia. When it comes to justifying nationalist attitudes, it is only in the UK that people are willing to openly cite self-interest in competition for jobs, housing and school places as a reason. Elsewhere the issue is one of effective integration. Concerns about economic impact are most prominent in the UK—where people see immigrants primarily as a burden—in Denmark and Norway—where they are seen as, on balance, an economic benefit—and in Slovenia, where the main concern is to attract higher skilled immigrants. In Germany the debate is more about retaining an authentic national culture. Tensions over immigration are real but in most countries resoluble.
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Larsen, C.A., Frederiksen, M., Nielsen, M.H. (2018). European Welfare Nationalism: A Democratic Forum Study in Five Countries. In: Taylor-Gooby, P., Leruth, B. (eds) Attitudes, Aspirations and Welfare. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75783-4_3
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