How Can We Categorise and Interpret Civic Integration Policies?

Oers, R. van; Michalowski, Ines

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2012.640027

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“…11 For a debate on the CIVIX index, see Goodman (2012) and Michalowski and van Oers (2012). 12 For a fuller defense of the idea that liberal democratic principles support robust national integration policies supplemented and constrained by robust MCPs, see Kymlicka (2001).…”

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Is there really a retreat from multiculturalism policies? New evidence from the multiculturalism policy index

2013

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In much of the Western world, and particularly in Europe, there is a widespread perception of a wholesale 'retreat' from multiculturalism. Governments that once embraced a multicultural approach to diversity are said to be replacing it with a strong emphasis on civic integration. This assumption that new civic integration policies displace older multiculturalism policies (MCPs) has not properly been tested. Existing indices of immigrant integration policies (such as Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) or Civic Integration Policy Index (CIVIX)) have captured the rise of civic integration policies, but are not designed to measure the presence of MCPs. Drawing on an updated version of the Multiculturalism Policy Index introduced earlier, the article presents an index of the strength of multicultural policies for European countries and several traditional countries of immigration at three points in time (1980, 2000 and 2010). The results paint a different picture of contemporary experience in Europe. While a small number of countries, including most notably the Netherlands, have weakened established multicultural policies during the 2000s, such a shift is the exception. Most countries that adopted multicultural approaches in the later part of the twentieth century have maintained their programmes in the first decade of the new century, and a significant number of countries have added new ones. In much of Europe, multicultural policies are not in general retreat. As a result, the turn to civic integration is often being layered on top of existing multicultural programmes, leading to a blended approach to diversity. The article reflects on the compatibility of MCPs and civic integration, arguing that more liberal forms of civic integration can be combined with multiculturalism but that more illiberal or coercive forms are incompatible with a multicultural approach.

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Is there really a retreat from multiculturalism policies? New evidence from the multiculturalism policy index

2013

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“…Diese Maßnahmen lagen in einem europäischen Trend der Einführung von "civic integration" Programmen, welche die für Einbürgerung benötigte Kriterien nun sukzessive auch auf andere Gruppen von MigrantInnen wie Daueraufenthaltsberechtigten bzw. auf Neuzuwanderung generell ausweiteten (Goodman 2014;Joppke 2007;Michalowski/van Oers 2012;Mouritsen 2013). Bereits hier fanden sich also Ansätze für ein Kriterien-geleitetes Modell der Integrationspolitik, aufbauend auf spezifischen zu erbringenden Leistungen.…”

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Die meritokratische Neugestaltung der österreichischen Integrationspolitik zwischen Rhetorik und Policy

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Stadlmair

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Waren politische Debatten zur Integration von MigrantInnen lange Zeit durch einen Fokus auf Kultur und Werte gekennzeichnet, gewinnen „leistungsorientierte“ Zugänge zunehmend an Relevanz. Die österreichische Integrationspolitik nach der Einführung eines Staatssekretariats für Integration (2011-2013) zeigt anschaulich, wie ein solcher Zugang zum Leitprinzip einer Regierungspolitik werden kann. Der Beitrag geht dem Ansatz „Integration durch Leistung“ in einer Analyse von Rhetorik und Policy nach. Er untersucht einerseits das Leistungsnarrativ und sein Verhältnis zum bisherigen Integrationsdiskurs und stellt aufbauend darauf dar, ob bzw. wie diese diskursive Neuausrichtung in Policies übersetzt wurde. Dabei zeigt sich, dass sich der Ansatz zentral auf traditionelle Leistungskriterien der Arbeitsmarkt- und Bildungspolitik stützt, darüber hinaus aber nur partielle Erweiterungen des Leistungsbegriffs beinhaltet. Diese Gegenüberstellung erlaubt schließlich, immanente Ambivalenzen eines Leistungskonzeptes für die Integration von MigrantInnen aber auch seine Inklusions- und Exklusionspotentiale zu diskutieren.

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“…It was hardly ever discussed what these indices exactly measure, what the differences between these indices are, and why they have been constructed the way they have been constructed. Debates on these questions only started a few years ago (e.g., Bauböck & Helbling, 2011;Bjerre et al, 2015;Goodman, 2015;Helbling, 2013;Michalowski & van Oers, 2012;Vink & Helbling, 2013).…”

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A New Agenda for Immigration and Citizenship Policy Research

Helbling

Michalowski

2016

Comparative Political Studies

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How Can We Categorise and Interpret Civic Integration Policies?

Cited by 22 publications

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Is there really a retreat from multiculturalism policies? New evidence from the multiculturalism policy index

Is there really a retreat from multiculturalism policies? New evidence from the multiculturalism policy index

Die meritokratische Neugestaltung der österreichischen Integrationspolitik zwischen Rhetorik und Policy

A New Agenda for Immigration and Citizenship Policy Research

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