Diversity Policies as Tools to Increase Participation and Encounters.
Informed by the concept of diversity, this article discusses the issue of municipalities’ facilitation of ethnic diversity and integration in two cities in northern Norway. Municipalities are in a position to accommodate ethnic diversity in more pragmatic ways than the nation-state through local pol...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/24184 2023-05-15T17:43:22+02:00 Diversity Policies as Tools to Increase Participation and Encounters. Nyseth, Torill 2021-12-02 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24184 https://doi.org/10.33134/NJMR.379 eng eng Helsinki University Press Nordic Journal of Migration Research Norges forskningsråd: 270649 Nyseth. Diversity Policies as Tools to Increase Participation and Encounters. Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 2021;11(4):430-443 FRIDAID 1968654 doi:10.33134/NJMR.379 1799-649X https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24184 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.33134/NJMR.379 2022-03-02T23:57:49Z Informed by the concept of diversity, this article discusses the issue of municipalities’ facilitation of ethnic diversity and integration in two cities in northern Norway. Municipalities are in a position to accommodate ethnic diversity in more pragmatic ways than the nation-state through local policies. We explore diversity policies in three different areas: democratic participation, urban planning, and cultural policies. The study finds ambivalences in the involvement of immigrants in urban planning processes and to some degree indifference in planning for diversity but also real attempts at recognition by giving immigrants a voice in local politics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway Nordic Journal of Migration Research 11 4 430 443 |
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Informed by the concept of diversity, this article discusses the issue of municipalities’ facilitation of ethnic diversity and integration in two cities in northern Norway. Municipalities are in a position to accommodate ethnic diversity in more pragmatic ways than the nation-state through local policies. We explore diversity policies in three different areas: democratic participation, urban planning, and cultural policies. The study finds ambivalences in the involvement of immigrants in urban planning processes and to some degree indifference in planning for diversity but also real attempts at recognition by giving immigrants a voice in local politics. |
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Diversity Policies as Tools to Increase Participation and Encounters. |
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