Addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them: small state theory and the integration of migrants
Abstract This article examines the integration of migrants in Luxembourg within the framework of small state theory. Within the comparative scholarship on migration, small states are often presented as “success stories.” This research questions this assumption and empirical data presented here indic...
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| description | Abstract This article examines the integration of migrants in Luxembourg within the framework of small state theory. Within the comparative scholarship on migration, small states are often presented as “success stories.” This research questions this assumption and empirical data presented here indicates that many contradictions exist within Luxembourg’s migrant integration model. The country’s “success” in fact does not reflect the levels of integration of migrants nationally as significant inequalities are present in Luxembourg. However, the analysis of Luxembourg presented here illustrates how small states have coherently embraced many paradoxes that are inherent to integration strategies throughout Europe with the goal of promoting peaceful coexistence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9ff23d8617841e98a028e8289406a5c2022-12-21T22:09:31ZengSpringerOpenComparative Migration Studies2214-594X2021-04-019111710.1186/s40878-021-00222-8Addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them: small state theory and the integration of migrantsThomas Kolnberger0Harlan Koff1Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Maison des Sciences Humaines, Université du LuxembourgFaculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Maison des Sciences Humaines, Université du LuxembourgAbstract This article examines the integration of migrants in Luxembourg within the framework of small state theory. Within the comparative scholarship on migration, small states are often presented as “success stories.” This research questions this assumption and empirical data presented here indicates that many contradictions exist within Luxembourg’s migrant integration model. The country’s “success” in fact does not reflect the levels of integration of migrants nationally as significant inequalities are present in Luxembourg. However, the analysis of Luxembourg presented here illustrates how small states have coherently embraced many paradoxes that are inherent to integration strategies throughout Europe with the goal of promoting peaceful coexistence.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00222-8ExclusionIntegrationLuxembourgMigrationSmall state theory |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Kolnberger Harlan Koff Addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them: small state theory and the integration of migrants Comparative Migration Studies Exclusion Integration Luxembourg Migration Small state theory |
| title | Addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them: small state theory and the integration of migrants |
| title_full | Addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them: small state theory and the integration of migrants |
| title_fullStr | Addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them: small state theory and the integration of migrants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them: small state theory and the integration of migrants |
| title_short | Addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them: small state theory and the integration of migrants |
| title_sort | addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them small state theory and the integration of migrants |
| topic | Exclusion Integration Luxembourg Migration Small state theory |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00222-8 |
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