‘We are against a multi-ethnic society’: policies of exclusion at the urban level in Italy

Does Social Capital Affect Immigrant Political Participation? Lessons from a Small-N Study of Migrant Political Participation in Rome

“…For example, Law 5/2004 adopted in Emilia Romagna and Tuscany's Regional Law 29/2000 and Regional Law 33/2005 establish programs to facilitate integration in multicultural communities (Campani 2007). Alternatively, local governments may exclude and marginalize immigrants (see Ambrosini 2013). This points to an important difficulty in studying political participation: the perceived and actual exclusion from politics because of immigrants' status as non-citizens.…”

Policy actors' narrative constructions of migrants' integration in Malmö and Bologna

“…It therefore restricts migrants' opportunities for integration, particularly in those regions that do not prioritize it as a policy area. Migrants are the target of hostile rhetoric used by prominent public figures that has given legitimacy to anti-immigration sentiments by parts of the Italian population (Ambrosini 2013). The region Emilia Romagna, where Bologna is located, is an exception in the Italian context.…”

Mixed-sex in sport for development: a pragmatic and symbolic device. The case of touch rugby for forced migrants in Rome

“…5. Moreover, most of the subsequent interventions have focused more on regulation and repression, rather than on reception and support (Ambrosini 2013). 6.…”