With immigration fulfilling the role of population maintenance in many Western democracies, how should newcomers be welcomed? Pfeffer argues that states ought to promote group integration for communities that have settled through immigration, facilitating the development of group institutions that enable communication with the receiving society.

Autorentext

Dan Pfeffer is a Lecturer of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.

Inhalt

1. Introduction
2. The Philosophical Framework of Group Integration
3. Group Integration
4. Post Culturalists and Minorities within Minorities
5. Québécois Society: pre, and post 1977 Immigration
6. Beyond Ideal Types: The Case of Anglophone Quebec
7. Conclusion

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