Introduction

Understanding the Politics of Integration

Bibliographic Data

ID24233406
AuthorsKarin Borevi (0000-0002-5662-3579), Ayhan Kaya (0000-0003-4431-3220)
Year2026
Pages1-11
Publication date2026-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueMigration and the Politics of Integration (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherSpringer Nature Switzerland (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/978-3-032-21785-1_1
OpenAlexW7140300517
ISBN9783032217851
LanguageEN
References cited18

Migration and integration have become defining political and social questions of our time. Across Europe and beyond, public debates over belonging, citizenship, and identity are increasingly shaped by the movement of people and how societies respond to this mobility. While these issues are often framed in the language of crisis, they are in fact embedded in much longer histories of nation-building, boundary-making, and political negotiation. This book engages with these deeper dynamics, approaching the politics of integration not as a technical policy matter, but as a contested arena where values, identities, and power are continually renegotiated.

boundary-making · Citizenship · Identity · integration policy · integration politics · Migration · Nation-building · political contestation · power and values · sense of belonging · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Italian Social Issues and Migration · Migration, Refugees, and Integration