Civic integration policy for new immigrants in the Netherlands valued from a liberal democratic perspective

How should one value   compulsory forms of civic integration policy for new immigrants in the Netherlands from a liberal democratic perspective? This sociological and philosophical study begins with a reconstruction of empirical and normative assumptions behind the Dutch civic integration policy (‘inburgeringsbeleid’). Next and departing from this reconstruction, various citizenship perspectives on integration of immigrants are elaborated and valued from a normative-ethical point of view. On the basis of the findings of the research some policy recommendations will be formulated.

Report. See also publications Dr Alfons Fermin

Coordinator: Prof. Han Entzinger

Member: Dr Alfons Fermin, Research Fellow

Dr. mr. W. van der Burg, Tilburg University, Faculty of Law (Schoordijk Institute for Jurisprudence and Comparative Law), The Netherlands

NWO, Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (Ethics & Public Policy )