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Unity in Diversity: Integration in a Post-Migrant Society | Zuwanderung, Flucht und Asyl: Aktuelle Themen | bpb.de

Unity in Diversity: Integration in a Post-Migrant Society

Germany has become a country of immigration. This fact is reflected by the heterogeneous population as well as social negotiation processes with regard to affiliations, national identities, participation and equality of opportunity. For a long time, the term "integration" was primarily linked to the idea of an established core or host society into which migrants and their descendants had to integrate themselves. Accordingly, elements in the population without migration backgrounds who cannot cope with the new, diverse society were lost out of sight. How do we want to and how can we live together in a society characterized by diversity? A search for answers.

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Introduction

The heterogeneous society in the immigration country Germany is characterized by negotiation processes. Affiliations, national identity and participation are renegotiated and adjusted. This process is…

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Post-Migrant Society

Germany has become a country of immigration - not only empirically but also narratively. Its society can be described as "post-migrant". What does this mean?

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Paradigm Shift

Since the 1970s, integration has been primarily regarded as something concerning "foreigners", "migrants" or "people with a migration background" and their involvement in German society. Established…

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Do We Still Need the Concept of Integration?

In general, the term integration is understood as referring primarily to people with migration backgrounds and their involvement in German society. That is why it is a highly contested term. Do we…

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Integration as a Metanarrative

Integration is a contested term. So far, attempts to replace it by another term were not successful. Instead, it should no longer be reduced to migrants and their descendants but should be expanded…

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References

Here you can find the glossary for Naika Foroutan's policy brief "Unity in Diversity: Integration in a Post-Migrant Society".