Description
Book SynopsisMigration is an increasingly important reality for sub-national autonomous territories characterized by large historical communities or minorities. The diverse claims of these groups, on the one hand, and of new communities arising from migration, on the other, bring complexity to the management of migration issue in the territories. Migration and Autonomous Territories, edited by Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà, draws on the fields of migration and minority studies, to analyze the challenges associated with the need to reconcile diversity and unity in autonomous territories. The volume compares the cases of South Tyrol and Catalonia, characterized both by the presence of large historical communities and minorities, and significant migration aims, and sheds new light on how sub-national units deal with migration.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà Part I General Section 1. Immigration and Integration in Multilevel Systems: A Challenge between Autonomy and Intergovernmental Cooperation Karl Kössler Part II South Tyrol 2. Tensions and Challenges between New and Old Minorities: Political Party Discourses on Migration in South Tyrol Andrea Carlà 3. Migration and Old Minorities in South Tyrol: Beyond a ‘Nimby’ Approach? Roberta Medda-Windischer Part III Catalonia 4. Immigration in Catalonia and Spain: the Evolution of Shared Competence Giovanni Poggeschi 5. Immigrant Associations and Political Participation: When Language Matters. The Catalan Case Vicent Climent-Ferrando and Juan Carlos Triviño Salazar 6. Linguistic Citizenship - Immigration and Language Policy in Catalonia Saul Mercado Conclusions Old and New Minorities: the Road Ahead Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà List of Contributors Annex I Migration and Cohabitation in the Province of Bozen/Bolzano. Recommendations for a Civic Citizenship in South-Tyrol, Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlá (eds.) (Eurac Research, Bolzano/Bozen, 2013) Annex II National Agreement on Immigration. An agreement to live together (Government of Catalonia, 2008). Index.
