Imagining Integration. A multi-actor research on the imaginaries regarding the socio-cultural integration of Af-ghan migrant people, practitioners of integration & neighbors of the AZC in Nijmegen.
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2023-01-05
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Within the context of the current integration debate in the Netherlands, this thesis gains insights into the imaginaries of different actors regarding socio-cultural integration. Within this research certain elements and concepts related to socio-cultural integration within the Dutch society are discussed.
This thesis starts by evaluating the different ways in which socio-cultural integration is defined and imagined, showing the discrepancy in this. After this it moves on to an examination of what “Dutch cultural identity” entails, and what purpose it serves. To stress the fact that the absence of a clear definition of what Dutch cultural identity is, leads to the culturalization of citizenship, and expectations of newcomers which go way beyond citizenship. Lastly, it shows the difference on newcomers either being imagined inside- or outside society, and the consequences of these imaginaries for the Dutch society.
Based on the findings of this research, this research emphasizes the need for acceptance of this contested nature in both political and scientific debate. This thesis has shown the need for an increasing focus on the importance of socio-cultural integration, and less of the neoliberal focus on merit and accomplishment within the Dutch integration debate.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen