Intercultural policy and multi-level governance in Barcelona : mainstreaming comprehensive approach
By: ZAPATA-BARRERO, Ricard
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ArticlePublisher: Los Angeles : Sage, jun. 2017 International Review of Administrative Sciences 83, 2, p. 247-266Abstract: The main purpose of this article is to analyse Barcelonas mainstreaming approach to intercultural policy from the beginning of its immigration process. My key questions are threefold: (a) why was Barcelona attracted by the intercultural approach so early in 1997? (b) how can we understand the consolidation of interculturalism? and (c) how can its successful permanent endurance (16 years) be explained, given different migratory contexts/political governments? I will argue that Barcelonas status as a key player within the multi-level system of Catalan and Spanish governance has been a favourable key factor.Abstract: I will first feature the mainstreaming approach, and then defend the argument that the vertical dimension has helped to strengthen the legitimacy of the horizontal dimension, as it has provided a favourable environment in which interculturalism can flourish. I conclude by highlighting the fact that the analysis of Barcelona helps to provide new meanings for the multi-level governance debate in diverse European cities
The main purpose of this article is to analyse Barcelonas mainstreaming approach to intercultural policy from the beginning of its immigration process. My key questions are threefold: (a) why was Barcelona attracted by the intercultural approach so early in 1997? (b) how can we understand the consolidation of interculturalism? and (c) how can its successful permanent endurance (16 years) be explained, given different migratory contexts/political governments? I will argue that Barcelonas status as a key player within the multi-level system of Catalan and Spanish governance has been a favourable key factor.
I will first feature the mainstreaming approach, and then defend the argument that the vertical dimension has helped to strengthen the legitimacy of the horizontal dimension, as it has provided a favourable environment in which interculturalism can flourish. I conclude by highlighting the fact that the analysis of Barcelona helps to provide new meanings for the multi-level governance debate in diverse European cities
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