During the 2000s, immigration and integration policies of
several countries in Europe and North Americagave rise to the
formulation of a new paradigm of public action, called “civic
integration”. These policies, such as citizenship tests and
ceremonies, civic training or the signing of integration contracts,
are widely presented as marking what is seen as a “civic turn”.
This term implies a revised policy configuration characterized by
the imposition of stronger constraints on foreigners in terms of
residence permits or citizenship acquisition, and by the promotion
of an increasingly “thick” concept of citizenship, emphasizing
collective identity and belonging to the national community. In
this special issue, we examine two cases that have rarely been
studied in light of the “civic integration” paradigm: France and
Canada. Through analyses aligning empirical and theoretical
research and combining sociology, anthropology, law, philosophy and
political science, this special issue seeks to understand if the
reconfigurations attributed to a “civic turn” operate in these two
specific contexts. It also interrogates these reconfigurations’
consequences both for migrants (in terms of inclusion/exclusion)
and for the receiving society (in terms of its conception of
“us”).
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Montreal by night, February 2013.
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Yann Scioldo-Zürcher
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