Social Integration Policy Research Articles

Exclusión social y criminalidad

Los cambios producidos en la sociedad actual en las últimas décadas, originados, en gran medida por la globalización, la crisis del Estado del Bienestar y la crisis económica, ha tenido como consecuencia la aparición de nuevas situaciones que bajo la denominación de «exclusión social», se relacionan con la criminalidad, entre las que se incluyen la pobreza, la desigualdad, la marginación, la raza, la etnia, la inmigración, el género, la desigualdad, que afectan cada vez más a un considerable número de personas, que genera una sensación o sentimiento de inseguridad a los ciudadanos que no se encuentran en dicha situación, lo que les lleva a solicitar al Estado la adopción de medidas contra estos grupos y personas. El Estado, cada vez con mayor frecuencia, recurre al Derecho penal para solucionar los problemas sociales, en lugar de adoptar políticas sociales de integración.Changes in our society in recent decades, caused largely by globalization, the crisis of the welfare state and the economic crisis has resulted in the emergence of new situations under the name of «social exclusion» are related to crime, including poverty, inequality, marginalization, race, ethnicity, immigration, gender, inequality, increasingly affecting a substantial number of people are included, which generates a feeling or sense uncertainty for citizens who are not in that situation, which leads them to ask the State to take action against these groups or individuals. The state, with increasing frequency, resorted to criminal law to solve these social problems, rather than adopting social integration policies.

A study on the social integration policy for married immigrant in Gwangju area

A study on the social integration policy for married immigrant in Gwangju area

Study on the Social Integration Policy for Immigrants : Application to the Social Integration Analysis Frame of A. Ager and A. Strang

우리 사회가 다문화사회로 진입하게 되면서 정부는 2000년대 중반 이후 외국인정책과 다문화가족정책을 통하여 내외국인 사회통합의 문제를 해결하고자 노력하고 있다. 하지만 사회통합정책이 다문화사회 전개 양상과 한국적 상황에 대한 면밀한 검토와 미래의 가능성에 대한 총체적 전망에 기초하여 수립된 것이 아니라 문제로 지적되는 일련의 현상에 대한 대증적?파편적인 대응에서 연원하였다. 이에 본 논문에서는 국내에서 시행되고 있는 다문화가족정책, 외국인정책 등 사회통합정책이 갖고 있는 문제점을 살펴보고 성과분석을 위하여 에이거와 스트랭이 개발한 사회통합의 분석틀을 적용하고자 한다. 통합의 토대, 촉진요소, 사회적 관계, 통합지표와 수단 등 4개의 상위지수와 10개의 하위지수에 따른 한국의 사회통합정책의 현황과 그에 따른 내외국인 사회통합을 위한 지수별 유기적 연계방안 등 정책방향에 관하여 고찰하였다.

A Study on the Handicapped Employment and Social Integration Policy in centered with Korea and Swedish Institutional Comparison

A Study on the Handicapped Employment and Social Integration Policy in centered with Korea and Swedish Institutional Comparison

A Study on the Handicapped Employment and Social Integration Policy in centered with Korea and Swedish Institutional Comparison

A Study on the Handicapped Employment and Social Integration Policy in centered with Korea and Swedish Institutional Comparison

Multicultural Challenges and Social Integration Policy in Germany

Multicultural Challenges and Social Integration Policy in Germany

INTERCULTURALISM, MULTICULTURALISM, AND THE STATE FUNDING AND REGULATION OF CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS

In this essay, Bruce Maxwell, David Waddington, Kevin McDonough, Andrée‐Anne Cormier, and Marina Schwimmer compare two competing approaches to social integration policy, Multiculturalism and Interculturalism, from the perspective of the issue of the state funding and regulation of conservative religious schools. After identifying the key differences between Interculturalism and Multiculturalism, as well as their many similarities, the authors present an explanatory analysis of this intractable policy challenge. Conservative religious schooling, they argue, tests a conceptual tension inherent in Multiculturalism between respect for group diversity and autonomy, on the one hand, and the ideal of intercultural citizenship, on the other. Taking as a case study Québec's education system and, in particular, recent curricular innovations aimed at helping young people acquire the capabilities of intercultural citizenship, the authors illustrate how Interculturalism signals a compelling way forward in the effort to overcome the political dilemma of conservative religious schooling.

Study on Dutch Social Integration Policy for Foreign-born Residents: Focusing on Intercultural Activities in Tilburg

Study on Dutch Social Integration Policy for Foreign-born Residents: Focusing on Intercultural Activities in Tilburg

The Social Integration Policy for Immigrants and Korean Nationals: Reality and Issues

The Social Integration Policy for Immigrants and Korean Nationals: Reality and Issues

Social Integration in Post‐Multiculturalism: An Analysis of Social Integration Policy in Post‐war Britain

AbstractSocial integration is one of the most urgent issues in Western countries, where cultural diversity has been recognized to make social unity danger. In the past, social integration used to be tackled by multiculturalism, which was an effort to recognize cultural diversity as a positive aspect of society. However, multiculturalism is losing the moral support of society because multiculturalism itself could not be a social glue among different people; rather it is thought to make society unstable. Thus, a new philosophy and policy is required to manage the issues of social integration in a globalized social environment. In order to create social integration, on one hand, people with different backgrounds need to share the same concept of society. On the other hand, people have to become accustomed to cultural diversity. However, this is not easily accomplished because both measures for social integration seem to be politically contradictory and incompatible. How, and by what reasons, could these two conditions of social integration be satisfied? To answer this question, this paper scrutinizes the changes in social integration policy in post‐war Britain. I divide social integration policy in Britain into three stages focusing on the relationship between social unity and cultural diversity: from after World War II to 1979; Thatcher's and Major's Conservative Governments; and Blair's new Labour Government. The social integration policy and philosophy of the new Labour Government in particular is important because it represents post‐multiculturalism discourse for social integration. The Labour Government tried to establish social integration by introducing an abstract common identity, which both the majority and minority groups could accept and which is compatible with various cultural or religious conventions and teaching, as it were, citizenship and Britishness, as a set of liberal values. Although the Labour Government's policy itself was controversial, it is giving us a reference point for the debate on social integration in a post‐multicultural era.

Social Integration and Heath Policy Issues for International Marriage Migrant Women in South Korea

Until very recently, Korea was largely considered to be a homogenous, racially intolerant country that had little or no experience with large-scale immigration. However, this paradigm is in the process of changing. For the first time in the country's history, large numbers of foreigners are immigrating to work and live in Korea, and many are seeking to become Koreans. In particular, international marriage migrations, especially those of women entering the country through marriages to Korean men, have become common in South Korea. This has given rise to serious challenges within the country. Although conventional ideologies portray Korea as a country of a single race, culture, and language, the growing number of immigrants has disrupted this homogenous monoculture. Indeed, there are signs that Korea has reached a turning point, with an increasingly permanent and visible migrant population challenging the country's national identity. This article explores the statistics and trends related to international marriage migrant women in South Korea, particularly in terms of their social insecurities and health-related problems. In addition, some aspects of Korean governmental policies for the social integration and health promotion of these women are examined, and some suggestions are made for ways in which public health nursing and nursing education may be changed in response to the current trends.

Minimum Income and Social Integration: Institutional Arrangements in Europe

This document deals with the different institutional arrangements of minimum income and social integration policies in Europe. It stems from the synthesis report the authors prepared for the EU peer review process, which aimed at placing the Belgian DIS policy in a comparative European context. Five questions are addressed in this document concerning: the increasing importance of social assistance and activation schemes in Europe; the main features of the welfare systems within which social assistance policies are embedded; the characteristics of the Belgian DIS which are relevant in a comparative perspective; the impact of the changes and the critical issues that have emerged; and what can one learns from the comparison.

The Status and Problem of Social Integration Policy for Immigrants in Korea: Focusing on the Social Integration Program Managing

본 논문은 국내의 사회통합정책과 이민자 사회통합프로그램 운영 실제에서 제기되는 쟁점을 도출하고 그에 따른 대안을 제시하는데 목적을 두고 있다. 첫째, 이민자 사회통합의 개념과 우리나라 실정에 부응한 사회통합 정책은 무엇인가? 둘째, 이민자 사회통합프로그램 도입배경은 무엇인가? 셋째, 사회통합 프로그램의 실제적인 내용은 무엇인가? 넷째, 사회통합프로그램의 효율적 운영을 위한 대책으로는 어떠한 점들이 있는가? 이 연구는 다음과 같은 시사점을 도출하였다. 상호존중 및 문화적 다양성을 제고한 사회통합의 인식, 사회통합프로그램 정착을 위한 평등한 교육기회 제공, 다문화사회전문가 인프라 확충, 이민자 대상 실시하는 언어?문화교육외 직업교육 병행 및 인턴십제 도입, 사전평가시 구술시험 실시, 수료증명서의 어학증명서로의 활용방안, 거버넌스 구축과 통합정보관리시스템 도입, 시민교육 및 행복드림 프로그램 활성화 방안 등의 대안을 제시하였다.

Happiness in the Dual Society of Urban China: Hukou Identity, Horizontal Inequality and Heterogeneous Reference

This paper studies the impact of income inequality on the subjective well-being of different social groups in urban China. We classify urban social groups according to their hukou status: rural migrants, born urban residents, and acquired urban residents who once changed their hukou identity from rural to urban. We focus on how the horizontal inequality-income disparity between migrants and urban residents - affects individual happiness. The main results are as follows. First, migrants suffer from unhappiness when the horizontal inequality increases, but urban residents show a much smaller aversion to the horizontal inequality. Second, migrants will not be happier if their relative incomes within their migrant group increase, while urban residents do become happier when their incomes increase within their group's income distribution. Third, acquired urban residents have traits of both migrants and born urban residents. They have an aversion to the horizontal inequality like migrants, and they also favor higher relative income among urban residents. Fourth, born urban residents have lower happiness scores when they are old. People who are Communist Party members strongly dislike the horizontal inequality. Our findings suggest that migrants, acquired urban residents, elderly people and Party members from born urban residents are the potential proponents of social integration policies in urban China.

Between Assimilationism and Multiculturalism - French Social Integration Policy for Immigrants -

Between Assimilationism and Multiculturalism - French Social Integration Policy for Immigrants -

Immigration and Social Integration Policy of the U. S. A.

Immigration and Social Integration Policy of the U. S. A.

Migration and Multi-Cultural Social Integration Policies of the United Kingdom

Migration and Multi-Cultural Social Integration Policies of the United Kingdom

On the Function of Britishness on Social Cohesion and Cultural Diversity : A Perspective for the Appreciation of the Social Integration Policy in Britain

On the Function of Britishness on Social Cohesion and Cultural Diversity : A Perspective for the Appreciation of the Social Integration Policy in Britain

Violence in the Brazilian favelas and the role of the police

Institutions should normally have an integrative influence. The family, for example, has the task of protecting and giving socio-emotional support to children, and schools should prepare young people for their future. Ideally the common goal of all of society's institutions is to secure the integration of youth and prevent or intervene against deviant behavior. But sometimes institutions provoke or even cause juvenile delinquency. The article discusses institutional influences and the role of the police in the criminal and violent situation in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.Starting with an overview of the origins and the development of violence, crime, and drug trafficking in the favelas, the authors show how these slums arose. Their analysis examines the lack of a state presence with an integration policy to avoid social disintegration. Instead of social integration policy, there is a dual approach that both controls and produces violence. The article also presents the first results of a government attempt in 2000 to introduce a new police unit to stop the violence and improve the social opportunity structure of the residents of the favelas, especially young people.

The impact of contractualism in social policies

PurposeThis article's purpose is to analyse the current transformations of public action in two main respects: on the one side the relationships between individuals and institutions and their recent evolutions, on the other, the new contractual or market‐like ways of designing and implementing public action. This twofold transformation and the extent to which it represents a deep‐seated revolution or a more limited recalibration of the public realm are to be investigated against the case of Swiss active labour market policies.Design/methodology/approachThis issue is examined through the design of a theoretical and normative typology, which is then applied to the case of active labour market policies in Switzerland, based on an in‐depth empirical investigation (more than 50 interviews with field actors).FindingsThe emergence of new modes of governance coincides with the promotion of market solutions to unemployment, thus leading to a conception of welfare and its individual beneficiaries as subordinate to labour market requirements.Research limitations/implicationsThe empirical part of this paper focuses on one specific case, the Swiss ALMPs. Further research is needed for a more general assessment of the issue.Originality/valueOne key element of the approach is the link made between substantial and procedural issues related to recent evolutions in the field of social integration policies. In the authors' view substantial and organisational aspects of the political process should be studied jointly.