National models of immigrant integration: The costs for comparative research

Bertossi, Christophe; Duyvendak, Jan Willem

doi:10.1057/cep.2012.10

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“…For example, the on-going debate about so-called 'national models of integration' has interpreted certain naturalisation requirements as signs of a state philosophy of assimilation, multiculturalism, or republicanism. The classification of countries' naturalisation requirements are invoked both in arguments for the existence of national models of integration (Hammar, 1985;Brubaker, 1992;Castles, 1995;Banting and Kymlicka, 2013) and against their existence (Favell, 2003;Bertossi and Duyvendak 2013). Scholars also point to naturalisation policies as evidence of integration policy convergence across Europe (Joppke 2007a;Carrera 2009;Banting and Kymlicka, 2013) or divergence (Jacobs and Rea, 2007;Koopmans, Michalowski and Waibel, 2012).…”

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Full membership or equal rights? The link between naturalisation and integration policies for immigrants in 29 European states

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2015

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Traditionally, there are two contrasting views on the way states can use naturalisation and immigrants' rights policies to set out their broader agenda of immigrant integration. First, citizenship acquisition can be seen as complementary to the granting of social and political rights to immigrants, as a necessary step in the process of full integration in the political community. Whereas granting access to formal membership through naturalisation may instead be seen as an alternative to granting social and political rights, independent of citizenship status. In this paper, we analyse the relation between naturalisation and integration policies in 29 European states, looking at immigrants' rights in several areas of public life, such as political participation, anti-discrimination, education, the labour market and family reunion. We find strong empirical evidence in Europe that extending membership and rights are generally used as complementary, rather than alternative, means to immigrant integration. While our analysis does not invalidate the 'alternative' view as a normative stance, it does suggest that it comes with political constraints as, in practice, it is rarely practiced in Europe.

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Section: Theorising the Link Between Naturalisation And Integration Pmentioning

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Full membership or equal rights? The link between naturalisation and integration policies for immigrants in 29 European states

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2015

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“…Indeed, various scholars have emphasised how migration research often tended to reify specific national models of integration (Bertossi 2011;Scholten 2011;Bertossi and Duyvendak 2012). A national model would involve a nationally and historically rooted approach to migrant integration, which would be strongly institutionalised in national policies and would determine the national discourses on migrant integration.…”

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Research-Policy Relations and Migration Studies

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2018

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“…Finally, models also tend to oversimplify policies and overemphasise the alleged coherency and consistency of these policies (see Bertossi and Duyvendak 2012). Policy practices tend to be far more resilient and diverse than most policy models would suggest.…”

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“…Recognising that researchers can and often do play a key role in such discourse coalitions also means recognising that the notion of models used by scholars is heteronomous: academic discussions about models are pervaded by normative, political and moral interests, which stem from ideological debates in the public arena in which scholars also take part (Bowen 2007;Scholten 2009;Bertossi and Duyvendak 2012). The problem here is that scholarly notions of integration models reflect and are influenced by public debates, which in turn are structured by the frames of the dominant elite, which includes influential scholars (see Scholten 2011).…”

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The Coproduction of National Models of Integration: A View from France and the Netherlands

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2015

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The notion of national models of integration is a very popular one in comparative migration studies. These models, inspired by a historical-institutionalist perspective, are perceived as nationally and historically rooted ways of framing immigrant integration (Brubaker 1992). According to such models, how integration is defined and acted upon differs primarily according to specific national histories, differences in national identity and different views of the role of the state. A key trait of such national models is that they assume policies to be formulated and coordinated in a strongly state-centred way, reflecting national institutional legacies, national politics and public perceptions of national identity (Brubaker 1992;Koopmans and Statham 2000). In this respect, the literature distinguishes for instance the French republican model, the British race-relations model and the Dutch multicultural model. This 'models-thinking' has had great resonance in migration studies. A key reference is Brubaker's work that juxtaposes the German and French models of citizenship upon which the foundations for integration policies in these countries were built; a differentialist approach in Germany and an assimilationist approach in France (1992). As a true historical institutionalist, Brubaker shows how the historical conditions in both countries led to the construction of these national models: a strongly developed cultural and apolitical sense of national belonging in Germany

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National models of immigrant integration: The costs for comparative research

Cited by 85 publications

References 13 publications

Full membership or equal rights? The link between naturalisation and integration policies for immigrants in 29 European states

Full membership or equal rights? The link between naturalisation and integration policies for immigrants in 29 European states

Research-Policy Relations and Migration Studies

The Coproduction of National Models of Integration: A View from France and the Netherlands

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