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Stockholm Studies in Politics 171

In Courts We Trust Administrative Justice in Swedish Migration Courts

Livia Johannesson

In Courts We Trust Administrative Justice in Swedish Migration Courts

Livia Johannesson

© Livia Johannesson, University 2017 Cover Photo: Sailko ISSN 0346-6620 ISBN 978-91-7649-694-7 ISBN 978-91-7649-695-4

Printed in by US-AB, Stockholm 2017 Distributor: Department of Political Science, Stockholm University

To asylum seekers, everywhere

Contents

Acknowledgements ...... I

1. Introduction: Administrative Justice in Asylum Determination Procedures ...... 1 The Research Problem ...... 2 Aim and Research Questions ...... 3 Contribution to Immigration Policy Research ...... 6 Previous Research on Asylum Determinations ...... 8 Disparities in Asylum Determinations ...... 9 Illegitimate Factors in Asylum Determinations ...... 11 Power Inequalities in Asylum Interviews...... 12 The Swedish Asylum System ...... 12 Outline and Argument in Brief ...... 17

2. Opening the “Black Box” of the Judiciary ...... 21 Policy Analysis from the Bottom-Up ...... 21 Conceptualizing Meaning Constructions ...... 24 The Meaning(s) of Administrative Justice ...... 26