Chapter Four Superdiversity and sub-national autonomous regions: perspectives from the South Tyrolean case
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Roberta Medda-Windischer
Abstract
This chapter discusses whether the policies aimed at protecting the historical traditional minorities in South Tyrol help or hinder the creation of a tolerant and pluralistic society, and enable a defensive approach so far adopted by the South Tyrol authorities towards migration and the cultural diversity of migrants and their families. It relies primarily on the analysis of legal and policy documents, and judgments of national and international courts as well previous literature and empirical studies on South Tyrol. The chapter focuses on the competences of the South Tyrolean authorities and the measures introduced by them as regards integration and inclusion. It also looks at several recent rulings, concerning the Province of Bozen/Bolzano, by the Italian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice. The chapter concludes with observations on how to develop a defensible framework for the management of new and more complex forms of diversity at the subnational autonomous level in, but also beyond, the South Tyrolean case that reconciles unity and diversity and that overcomes, at the same time, the traditional ‘old–new’ minority dichotomy.
Abstract
This chapter discusses whether the policies aimed at protecting the historical traditional minorities in South Tyrol help or hinder the creation of a tolerant and pluralistic society, and enable a defensive approach so far adopted by the South Tyrol authorities towards migration and the cultural diversity of migrants and their families. It relies primarily on the analysis of legal and policy documents, and judgments of national and international courts as well previous literature and empirical studies on South Tyrol. The chapter focuses on the competences of the South Tyrolean authorities and the measures introduced by them as regards integration and inclusion. It also looks at several recent rulings, concerning the Province of Bozen/Bolzano, by the Italian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice. The chapter concludes with observations on how to develop a defensible framework for the management of new and more complex forms of diversity at the subnational autonomous level in, but also beyond, the South Tyrolean case that reconciles unity and diversity and that overcomes, at the same time, the traditional ‘old–new’ minority dichotomy.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 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
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 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
