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Policy actors' narrative constructions of migrants' integration in Malmö and Bologna
Governments have policies explicitly directed at the integration of migrants. This article addresses how policymakers and politicians privilege certain constructions of the social relationship between migrants and the majority society (expressed through narratives of ‘integration’), while making it seem as if they were presenting facts in their policies. These constructions provide the justifications for adopting a direction in policy-making over other alternatives. This article sets to analyse comparatively how policy actors in two urban contexts construct migrants' integration through policy narratives and how, within this, they evaluate migrants as ‘integrated’ and ‘non-integrated’. Through narrative analysis, the article sheds light on how migrants are positioned by political institutions within the normative order of the society in which they live. Furthermore, it shows that local policy-making is shaped by national citizenship regimes, models of steering, welfare regimes and stories about the nation and its people.
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Ethnic and Racial StudiesISSN
0141-9870Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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1Volume
38Page range
57-74Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
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2015-06-15First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-05-24First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-07-02Usage metrics
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