Qu’est-ce que l’intégration ?

The socio-spatial integration of knowledge districts into the city: Theoretical clarifications and evidence from Belval, Esch/Alzette

“…It also includes power relations between the implicated groups: integration can be understood as the desire of the dominant group to extend its control over the newly formed group, that needs to invest greater efforts of adaptation. This understanding tends to blur the initial sociological meaning of integration (Schnapper, 2007;Ruiz-Tagle, 2016), that was first defined by French sociologist Emile Durkheim in the nineteenth century. He described it as 'a voluntary act between individuals to live together' (Rhein, 2002) and set the groundings for various adaptations and operationalizations in different domains.…”

From camps to social integration? Social housing interventions for asylum seekers in Greece

“…Literature review: the concept of social integration and its misleading use in EU refugee policies Social integration is a complex concept that refers to the values and bonds by which individuals are linked within a society. It also refers to the process of forming a broad social consensus based on a common system of meanings and values (Schnapper, 2007). Nevertheless, the concept of social integration is widely used with different meanings.…”

Citizenship Models and Migrant Integration – Rethinking the Intersection of Citizenship and Migrant Integration Through (B)Ordering

“…Broadly speaking, immigrant integration is described as the economic, political, social, and cultural participation of non-citizens in society in order to eventually achieve a more 'permanent' and 'safe' status, that of citizenship. Integration as such reflects rights and obligations for the immigrants and the majority population (Schnapper 2007). In the academic arena, developments around the (in)ability to reach citizenship have spurred debates, as perceived problems of immigrant integration have increasingly made it clear that the conceptions of citizenship models cannot account for all the social phenomena observed on the ground.…”

“…Immigrant integration is often described as the outcome of a process, by which immigrants (and their descendants) become part of society (see introductory quote). In practice, this process concerns complex patterns of reciprocal processes in which immigrants are asked to adapt to the country of destination, but in return members of the majority population react to and adjust to newcomers (Ruedin 2011;Schnapper 2007). This legal and conceptual 'two-way process' is however seldom realized in practice, and integration often describes a 'one-way process' (Akin and Banfi 2019).…”