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Local Voting Rights for Non-Nationals in Europe: What We Know and What We Need to Learn
In 2008, 17 European states had extended local voting rights to non-nationals, with evidence suggesting such rights support rather than undermine naturalization.
Los Angeles on the Leading Edge: Immigrant Integration Indicators and their Policy Implications
Immigrants in Los Angeles face persistent labor market, language, and health-care integration gaps that call for more proactive policy across the public and private sectors.
Stakeholder Citizenship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Political scientist Rainer Bauböck argues citizenship should extend to all with a genuine stake in a polity's future, with dual citizenship accepted as a general rule.
The Complexities of Immigration: Why Western Countries Struggle with Immigration Politics and Policies
Global migration more than doubled between 1970 and 2002, and Western governments face ideological tensions on both the left and right that block effective policymaking.
Integration Means Belonging
While Switzerland's anti-immigration party won its best result ever in 2007, Germany, Canada, and South Korea expanded integration programs, revealing global divisions.
Integrating Islam: A New Chapter in 'Church-State' Relations
European governments can better engage Muslim communities through inter-religious councils focused on practical intersections of public policy and religious practice.
Early Education for Immigrant Children
High-quality early childhood programs combining classroom learning with intensive family support produce the strongest gains for young children in immigrant families.
After-School Institutions in Chinese and Korean Immigrant Communities: A Model for Others?
Chinese and Korean immigrants in Los Angeles built ethnic after-school systems that boosted achievement.
Becoming American/Becoming New Yorkers: The Second Generation in a Majority Minority City
A 1999 survey found New York's second generation outperforming native minorities in education and employment while embracing a "New Yorker" rather than "American" identity.
Challenges of Immigrant Integration: Muslims in Europe
The July 7 London bombings and weeks of rioting in France after two North African teens died in a Paris suburb made Muslim integration an urgent issue in Europe in 2005.