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The Impact of Policies and Discourses on
Migrants Local Engagement

• Manlio Cinalli
• (Sciences Po- CNRS, Paris)

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POLITICAL CONTEXTInstitutions, Policies and
Discourses

• Individual rights
• Cultural group rights
• Political opportunity structure
• Specific policies
• Discursive opportunities

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INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

• Access to short-term permits
• Access to long-term permits
• Access to family reunion
• Access to nationality
• Labour market access
• Welfare state access
• Anti-discrimination rights
• Political rights

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CULTURAL GROUP RIGHTS

• Cultural requirements to access the community
• Language programs
• Schooling
• Religion
• Media
• Labour market group rights

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POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURE

• Configuration of powers
• Participatory mechanisms

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SPECIFIC POLICIES

• Degree of development of immigrants integration
  policy at the local level
• Political representation of immigrants
• Local powers vs. minority/migrants organizations
• Local powers vs. organizations whose activity is
  specialized in/has an impact on
  immigration/integration issues

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DISCURSIVE OPPORTUNITIES
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ACCESS TO NATIONALITY
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WELFARE STATE ACCESS (ALL MIGRANT STATUSES)
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RELIGION ISLAM
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ATTITUDES OF LOCAL POWERS (1)
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Combining Opportunities (individ. vs. coll.ve)
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Combining Opportunities (general vs specific)
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Combining Opportunities (instit. vs discursive)