Today Western European welfare states find themselves in a paradoxical situation: parts of working life are in need of labour that is difficult to find nationally – and internationally. While this is partly due to inflexible policies, it is also due to competition for labour among Western...

The article discusses male labour migration from Mozambique to the mines of South Africa in a historical per spective. This migration has been and remains one of the most significant economic and social relationships be tween South Africa and Mozambique. Historically it has contributed...

Welfare state, nation and immigration -- Sweden : the flagship of multiculturalism -- Denmark : a national welfare state meets the world -- Norway : the land of the golden mean -- Comparison : a model with three exceptions?