Resumen de The recognition of diversity and the enduring relevance of national integration models: a comparison between new and old immigration countries (Italy, Spain, France and Britain)
Our paper aims to show evidence of a paradoxical strong connection between the dominant conceptions of national identity and a new framework of integration policies that puts in relief the recognition of ethnic and cultural diversity. On the basis of four contrasted cases, we shed light on a two-fold phenomenon. On the one hand, we observe a real process of convergence of national models. On the other hand, however, we stress and explain the limits of this phenomenon by emphasizing the extent to which „diversity‟ is framed in public discourses, representations and policy-making. We claim that immigrants have become the lens through which conceptions of national identities are made explicit; by doing so, however, national integration models remain preserved from too significant change.
