Chapter Two Mainstreaming in response to superdiversity? The governance of migration-related diversity in France, the UK and the Netherlands
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Ilona van Breugel
Abstract
This chapter examines whether, and if so, how and why, governance mainstreaming forms a suitable policy response to situations of superdiversity. The concept of governance refers to problem-solving strategies that are developed and implemented in complex networks of actors, including but certainly not limited to government institutions and government policies. The concept of governance mainstreaming has been developed more broadly in other areas such as gender, disability, and environmental governance. Building from this literature, the chapter defines mainstreaming of migration-related diversity as the effort to embed diversity in a generic approach across policy areas as well as policy levels, to establish a whole-society approach to diversity rather than an approach to specific migrant groups, in complex actor networks. The chapter then analyses patterns in the policy approaches to immigrant integration in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and France from the conceptual lens of governance mainstreaming, and considers how and why mainstreaming was developed as a governance strategy, and what role superdiversity played in the rationale for and the choice of strategy towards mainstreaming.
Abstract
This chapter examines whether, and if so, how and why, governance mainstreaming forms a suitable policy response to situations of superdiversity. The concept of governance refers to problem-solving strategies that are developed and implemented in complex networks of actors, including but certainly not limited to government institutions and government policies. The concept of governance mainstreaming has been developed more broadly in other areas such as gender, disability, and environmental governance. Building from this literature, the chapter defines mainstreaming of migration-related diversity as the effort to embed diversity in a generic approach across policy areas as well as policy levels, to establish a whole-society approach to diversity rather than an approach to specific migrant groups, in complex actor networks. The chapter then analyses patterns in the policy approaches to immigrant integration in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and France from the conceptual lens of governance mainstreaming, and considers how and why mainstreaming was developed as a governance strategy, and what role superdiversity played in the rationale for and the choice of strategy towards mainstreaming.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures and tables iv
- Notes on contributors v
- Introduction Superdiversity, policy and governance in Europe 1
- Managing superdiversity? Examining the intercultural policy turn in Europe 7
- Mainstreaming in response to superdiversity? The governance of migration-related diversity in France, the UK and the Netherlands 29
- Making the most of superdiversity: notes on the potential of a new approach 50
- Superdiversity and sub-national autonomous regions: perspectives from the South Tyrolean case 75
- Transmigration: the rise of flexible migration strategies as part of superdiversity 100
- Superdiversity, multiculturalism and local policies: a study on European cities 122
- Integrating superdiversity in urban governance: the case of inner-city Lisbon 146
- Urban planning and the challenge of superdiversity 168
- Superdiversity in the post-industrial city: a comparative analysis of backlash narratives in six European neighbourhoods 192
- Index 215
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures and tables iv
- Notes on contributors v
- Introduction Superdiversity, policy and governance in Europe 1
- Managing superdiversity? Examining the intercultural policy turn in Europe 7
- Mainstreaming in response to superdiversity? The governance of migration-related diversity in France, the UK and the Netherlands 29
- Making the most of superdiversity: notes on the potential of a new approach 50
- Superdiversity and sub-national autonomous regions: perspectives from the South Tyrolean case 75
- Transmigration: the rise of flexible migration strategies as part of superdiversity 100
- Superdiversity, multiculturalism and local policies: a study on European cities 122
- Integrating superdiversity in urban governance: the case of inner-city Lisbon 146
- Urban planning and the challenge of superdiversity 168
- Superdiversity in the post-industrial city: a comparative analysis of backlash narratives in six European neighbourhoods 192
- Index 215
