Abstract
The paper presents the research methodology and the main findings of the study carried out to monitor and assess the UISP –the largest sport for all Italian association– national project named Diritti in campo (Rights in the field). The project had the overall goals to use sport-based programs to support the process of integration of migrants living in eight selected Italian cities. The aims of the research study were: the assessment of the impact of the project on migrants’ social inclusion; the identification of specific determinants for success of a program using sport as main mean of intervention; the proposition of a qualitative methodological approach in the domain of migration studies in Italy. The research methodology was based on the case-study paradigm (Yin, 2009) and combined several tools interpolating direct observations, semi-structured and in-depth interviews, focus groups, and documentary analysis. Based on the main findings of the study, eight specific determinants for success as well as four general organizational determinants were highlighted: the relevance of ludodiversity (Renson, 2004), the changes needed in the organizational culture, the requirement of an entire system of integration built as a network, the management of the spaces.
Highlights
Background information about the programTriangulation with the data gathered throughout the other research tools.another two different tools were used to analyse issues emerging from the implementation of the programs: in-depth interviews with project managers and focus groups with key actors
Within the multiple-case design, we adopted a combination of different research tools by interpolating direct observations (n=8) of the eight programs, semi-structured interviews (n=80) with participants, in-depth interviews (n=8) with project managers, focus groups (n=8) with key actors, and documentary analysis
Another two different tools were used to analyse issues emerging from the implementation of the programs: in-depth interviews with project managers and focus groups with key actors
Summary
The establishment of a Ministry of Integration in Italy in 2011 unveiled the situation concerning migration in a country that today counts 5 millions of migrants (8% of the overall population), whereof 4,4 millions regular, 219.000 regular not residents and 294.000 irregular (ISTAT, 2013). The methodological approaches adopted, quantitative in nature, did not offer a complete explanation of relevant aspects such as the motivations for migration, the national policies and strategies adopted and their application at community level, the role of the voluntary sector in the process of integration of the different ethnic groups. A growing number of non-profit organisations focus on social services for migrants, by assuming a central role for their well-being and, at the same time, developing a large array of projects and initiatives that often compensate for State’s gaps Their relevant role and the investments that the State, along with other local authorities, has allocated as support for the implemented projects, have stimulated a debate about the effects of these activities on the mechanisms of integration. In the last few years, specific research questions are involving the sport sector, given the growing use of sport-based projects as means to promote integration among migrants
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