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Migration and Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Diversity in Europe: An overview of issues and trends

Introduction

To provide comprehensive theoretical and empirical knowledge that can form a reliable basis for policy IMISCOE brings together some 400 selected, highly qualified researchers from more than 22 European institutes. Based on their wide-ranging skills and experience in international comparative research, the institutes implement an integrated, multidisciplinary, rigorously comparative research programme with Europe as its central focus.

A first step in implementing this programme has been to develop so called State of the art reports that take stock of research in the nine thematic ‘research clusters’ that IMISCOE is build around and that cross-cut personnel and activities throughout the22 institutes. ‘Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Diversity’ represents one of these research clusters.

Description

This document largely considers developments in Europe in recent years. Its purposes is to: (I) highlight some of the key issues surrounding ‘Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Diversity’ as they have emerged and engaged public debate and policy development in various national and local contexts, and (II) to give an overview of some of the academic literature concerning these key issues.

The authors do not claim that this ‘state-of-the-art’ piece is comprehensive or exhaustive as to the issues and literature. It is intended to be only indicative of the major trends and topics.

The topics discussed in this report reflect the various contributions of the cluster members themselves who work in many different fields of specialisation and whose expertise helped to cover a wide range of areas from an interdisciplinary perspective. Throughout the text they include ‘boxes’ highlighting research and findings relevant to the theme from within the IMISCOE network.

Background information

This title is published within the IMISCOE publication programme as part of the Working Papers. These Working Papers are the products of ongoing work by IMISCOE members that are not (yet) ready for publication within the IMISCOE-AUP Book series. They may range from State of the Art Reports (SoAR) on worldwide research within a particular domain to more specific products of ongoing work. The Working Papers are evaluated by the editorial committee for quality and completeness before being published on the website.

Peer-reviewed publications can be found in the IMISCOE_AUP Book Series developed in co-operation with the Amsterdam University Press (AUP). One of these publications is based on the nine IMISCOE State of the Arts (of which this working paper is one): The dynamics of migration and settlement in Europe. A State of the Art. IMISCOE Joint Studies. Amsterdam: AUP, Rinus Penninx, Maria Berger and Karen Kraal (eds) (2006).

Methodology

This report is the collaborative effort of the members of the research clusters and brings together their expertise in this specific field.

EU involvement

The IMISCOE Working Papers are part of IMISCOE which is an EU funded Network of Excellence in the Sixth Framework Programme

Contact info

IMISCOE Network of Excellence
Karen Kraal (Communication Officer), tel. +31 (0)20 525 3659

Publication date

Project finished

//2006

Researcher

Steven Vertovec and Susanne Wessendorf, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society [COMPAS], University of Oxford

Links

Visit the IMISCOE Publication Index website

Download the 'Migration and Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Diversity in Europe' Report (PDF, Eng, 268 KB)

Document type

research

Themes

Urban Policy

Keywords

Social inclusion & integration