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Racism and Gender in the Parliamentary Workplace: Insight Into Immigrant Background MPs' Experiences of Discrimination in Sweden
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6050-1574
2025 (English)In: Scandinavian Political Studies, ISSN 0080-6757, E-ISSN 1467-9477, Vol. 48, no 2, article id e70006Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Numerous studies have explored MPs' opportunities to participate in politics from a gendered perspective. Still, a much smaller number of studies have focused on parliamentarians' immigrant backgrounds, particularly in relation to gender. Taking a broader perspective, this study examines if and how men and women MPs in the Swedish parliament with immigrant backgrounds experience discrimination in their parliamentary work. Drawing on documents and interviews with MPs, our findings demonstrate recurrent instances of direct and indirect discrimination within the parliamentary workplace, especially in contact with the public. While both men and women have been exposed to such discrimination, the type of discrimination they experience in part takes both raced and gendered forms. We conclude that the Swedish Riksdag is not only a gendered workplace but also a racialized workplace with signs of institutional racism.

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John Wiley & Sons, 2025. Vol. 48, no 2, article id e70006
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discrimination, gender, immigrant, intersectionality, MP, Parliament, racism, Sweden
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Political Science (Excluding Peace and Conflict Studies) Gender Studies Work Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-555514DOI: 10.1111/1467-9477.70006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105003137221OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-555514DiVA, id: diva2:1955212
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Is parliament a gender equal workplace? Exploring working conditions and their impact on legislators´ performance in the Swedish Riksdag., Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and WelfareAvailable from: 2025-04-29 Created: 2025-04-29 Last updated: 2025-04-30Bibliographically approved

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