Nationell identitet och multikulturalism inom framtidens integrationspolitik? Om vad som framträder när folkpartiets förslag till integrationsprogram sätts i fokus
MulticulturalismNational identityInvisible normsPolitics of integrationThe Liberal PartyPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
National identity, multiculturalism and invisible norms are three conceptions focused on in this essay. They are discussed and analysed with the purpose of deepening deepen the understanding of their meaning. Further on they become instruments in a study of the Liberal Party's proposal for new politics of integration. My ambition is to distinguish signs of a Swedish national identity in this proposal and to interpret the party's relation to multiculturalism.The method of this essay comprises partly a literature study and partly a qualitative analysis of text.My discussion and analysis ended in an understanding of national identity and multiculturalism as complex and interrelated conceptions. I found parts of a Swedish national identity in the value of working, in the fear of the cultural unknown and of eventual anti Swedish culture, in the idea of Sweden as the best country in the world considering gender equality and in the strong defence for the Swedish language. Multiculturalism is understood by the Liberal Party more in terms of limited tolerance and human rights than group specific treatment.