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.

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Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

Dan Pfeffer

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

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Book Title: Group Integration and Multiculturalism
Book Subtitle: Theory, Policy and Practice
Authors: Dan Pfeffer
Series Title: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137498434
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49841-0Published: 28 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49843-4Published: 20 July 2015
Series ISSN: 2947-6100
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 200
Topics: Migration, Social Policy, Ethnicity Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology, general

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The Philosophical Framework of Group Integration

Group Integration

Post-Culturalists and Minorities within Minorities

Québécois Society: Pre- and Post-1977 Immigration

Beyond Ideal Types: The Case of Anglophone Quebec

Conclusion

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