http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/376/n-a Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 26 May 2026 20:59:36 -0400 Tue, 26 May 2026 20:59:36 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/409/immigration-policy-and-controversy-in-sweden-and-denmark By N A - Controversy, in its etymology, expresses a significant change to something deeply rooted. Hence, differing degrees of controversy in response to immigration can be explained in terms of two main factors: 1) countries’ historical experiences, and 2) changing patterns of party competition, expressed through the electoral vacuums occupied by emerging populist-nationalist political parties. Drawing on the cases of Sweden and Denmark, this essay suggests that whilst patterns in immigration policy often are equivocal and challenging to interpret, history and party competition can explain a significant... Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:27 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/409/immigration-policy-and-controversy-in-sweden-and-denmark