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When individuals, organizations, or governments take initiative to foster immigrants becoming part of the community or society within which they have recently settled, without requiring newcomers to relinquish their own culture.
Introduction
The term integration describes more than one group coming together and becoming part of a whole. Immigrant integration, then, involves immigrants becoming a part of the community or society within which they have recently settled. Note how this is distinct from assimilation, which many people often mistakenly use interchangeably with integration. Assimilation refers to groups shedding their previous culture in favor of the new one; with integration, the original culture is retained.
The “5 Ws” of Leadership on Immigrant Integration
Of the “5 Ws” – who, what, where, when, and why – whois probably the most important with regard to leadership on immigrant integration. Who takes the lead? Or,...
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Longazel, J. (2018). Leadership on Immigrant Integration. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2466-1
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