In 1976 there were approximately 1,000 Iranian citizens in Sweden. Today over 80,000 individuals in Sweden are first or second generation Iranians - the second largest non-European community in the country, The anthology presents a number of indepth studies on the relations between the Iranian commu[...]
What happened to the once famous Swedish model? Since the economic crisis in the 1990s, prophecies of the imminent demise of the universal welfare state have been common. Cutbacks in social benefits and mass unemployment seem to confirm these prophecies.
Ali Hajighasemi - a citizen of Swe[...]