Sumários

Migrant integration: the local level.

28 Novembro 2025, 15:30 Alina Isabel Pereira Esteves

Trends in integration policy from the national to the local level. The move to neo assimilationism and civic integration as a dominant approach. The local "turn": features and implications for governance.

 

References

Bosswick, Wolfgang; Heckmann, Friedrich (2006). Social integration of immigrants: Contribution of local and regional authorities. Dublin, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.

Graauw, Els de; Vermeulen, Floris (2016). Cities and the politics of immigrant integration: a comparison of Berlin, Amsterdam, New York City, and San Francisco, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 42:6, 989-1012, DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2015.1126089

Scholten, Peter; Penninx, Rinus (2016). The Multilevel Governance of Migration and Integration. In Integration Processes and Policies in Europe: Contexts, Levels and Actors, edited by Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas and Rinus Penninx, 91–108. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319- 21674-4_6.

Zapata-Barrero, Ricard (2016). Exploring the foundations of the intercultural policy paradigm: a comprehensive approach, Identities, 23:2, 155-173, DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2015.100652

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Group presentation of two texts chosen by the lecturers pertaining to section 5 of the syllabus.

28 Novembro 2025, 13:30 Alina Isabel Pereira Esteves

Group presentation of a text chosen by the lecturers pertaining to section 5 of the syllabus (Integration models, governing diversity (gender, race, ethnicity and class).

The group that presented were composed by Maria Benedita Pinheiro, Mollie Lepsky, Ana Rita Monteiro, Miguel Cunha and Rodrigo Ferreira (text from Choquet), and Rodrigo Dias, Nuno Lomelino, Tiago Cruz and Miguel Jesus (text authored by Heath and Schneider).

 

References

Choquet, S. (2017)._Modes of integration in Europe, European issues, n°449, 30th October 2017. Foundation Robert Schuman.

Heath, A. F.; Schneider, S. L. (2021). Migrant integration in Western Europe, Frontiers in Sociology, doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.510987

 

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Group presentation of two texts chosen by the lecturers pertaining to section 5 of the syllabus.

26 Novembro 2025, 13:30 Alina Isabel Pereira Esteves

Group presentation of two texts chosen by the lecturers pertaining to section 5 of the syllabus (Integration models, governing diversity (gender, race, ethnicity and class) and multilevel governance).

The group that presented was composed by André Fernandes, Ema Serronha and Leonor Carmo (text authored by Choquet).

 

References

Choquet, S. (2017)._Modes of integration in Europe, European issues, n°449, 30th October 2017. Foundation Robert Schuman.

 

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Migrant integration: the national level.

21 Novembro 2025, 15:30 Alina Isabel Pereira Esteves

Towards a definition of integration. Dimensions of integration of immigrants into a host society.

National models of integration (Assimilationism; Multiculturalism/ cultural pluralism; Ethnic-differentialism; and Universalism) and their limits (the issue of parallel lives/societies).

The examples of France and the UK.

 

References

Bertossi, Christophe (2012). National Models of Integration in Europe: A Comparative and Critical Analysis, American Behavioral Scientist, 55(12):1561- 1580 DOI: 10.1177/0002764211409560

Penninx, Rinnus; Garcés-Mascareñas, Blanca (Eds.) (2016). Integration Processes and Policies in Europe. Contexts, Levels and Actors. IMISCOE, Springer Open.

Bosswick, Wolfgang; Heckmann, Friedrich (2006). Social integration of immigrants: Contribution of local and regional authorities. Dublin: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. (https://ap1.sib.uc.pt/bitstream/10316.2/113405/1/547-06.pdf)

 

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As aulas iniciam-se no dia 19 de Setembro

19 Setembro 2025, 13:30 Alina Isabel Pereira Esteves

As aulas iniciam-se no dia 19 de Setembro