Entangled Asylum in the Nordic Region

“Studies of asylum law and politics too often focus on just one country, one decision-making body or just look at legal opinions. In contrast, Sarah Scott Ford’s excellent book gives us a truly comparative and holistic study of asylum law in the Nordic region, explaining in rich detail how domestic actors translate and co-produce international law within their institutional contexts. While the Nordic states are unique in certain ways, Ford’s concept of entanglement gives scholars of asylum law and politics a powerful comparative tool which can be applied in other jurisdictions and will enable further much-needed comparative work in the field. This work is an important contribution and a must-read.” Rebecca Hamlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Sarah Scott Ford is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Mobile Centre of Excellence for Global Mobility Law at the University of Copenhagen.