Les associations italiennes en Suisse, en phase de transition

Italian associations in Switzerland. This paper presents some hypotheses which should enable the interpretation of the changings in the Italian associative network in Switzerland. As a matter of fact, the stabilization of the Italian working population in the last years has brought about the setting up of several associations, gathering migrants according to their regional origins. At the same time, we may note a weakening of the network of political associations - which used to be a major component of the Italian associative network - as far as it goes for proposal capacity, vitality of the associative life and renewing of membership. We try to explain such an evolution - by the relative ineffectiveness of the confrontation with the host country set up by the political associations, - as well as by the changes in the perception of their own identity by the migrants themselves. We analyse this second point both in social and ethnic terms. New aggregation poles might thus emerge among a plurality of Italian immigrants ' communities. The second generation should play a major role in the possible crystallizing of the present trends

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