Jimmy Stephen Munobwa

Abstract Political and media narratives often manufacture immigration as a social problem, framing the construction of meaning through the discourses of cultural differences as social, political and security problems. Of specific concern is how Muslims and immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries are perceived as the undesirable ‘Other’.

Abstract : This article presents a theoretical framework for analysing the findings derived from the Diversity Barometer, a longitudinal study that collected data on immigration and diversity-related topics in Swedish society from 2005 to 2022. This article examines attitudes towards immigrants and migration in Sweden and how the historical context of Swedish race relations and structural racism shapes these attitudes.

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by Jimmy Stephen Munobwa *, Peter Öberg and Fereshteh Ahmadi Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, University of Gävle, 801 76 Gävle, Sweden * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Soc. Sci.