The Anatomy of Civic Integration

摘要: Recent legislation on migration and citizenship in Europe the EU framework integration require migrants to meet requirements order enter, reside, reunite with their families naturalise host country. Mandatory language course attendance examination tests are viewed as means of enhancing integration, which is now framed a ‘two way’ process or contractual agreement between society. Despite deployment notion contract, is, reality, one way aimed at procuring conformity, discipline control. Civic rests an artificial homogenisation displays same elements paternalism ethnocentricity that characterised past initiatives. The civic paradigm crucial feature renewed, albeit old-fashioned, nationpolitics used by political elites provide answers wide range issues elicit support for controlling state first decade 21st century.