naa a22 4500 510809219 CHVBK 20180411083433.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12134-011-0231-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12134-011-0231-3 Ambrosini Maurizio Dipartimento di Studi sociali e politici, Facoltà di Scienze politiche, Università di Milano, via Conservatorio 7, 20122, Milan, Italy aut Immigration in Italy: Between Economic Acceptance and Political Rejection [Elektronische Daten] [Maurizio Ambrosini] Italy, especially in its richer regions and cities, is experiencing a profound contradiction in its relationship with the immigrant component of its population: it is becoming even more multi-ethnic in terms of the number of residents (5.3 million), participation in the labor market (more than 3 million), transitions to self-employment (213,000 business owners), and immigrant students in schools (about 670,000). In their cultural representations, Italians tend to deny this reality. They do not want multi-ethnic cities. Faced with the widespread use of a workforce of regular and irregular immigrants, in families and enterprises of the urban economy, the prevailing opinion rejects the idea of giving a place to immigration in the nation's social organization, and this position is strengthened by political forces and media that reflect and exacerbate the reaction. Immigrants seem to be accepted, perhaps, on an individual plane, where they have a name and a definite place in society—helpful, modest, possibly invisible. They are frightening when they become visible communities, when they settle in urban settings, when they look for places and opportunities for socialization. Italian society, as a result of tensions between markets, politics, and culture on the issue of immigration, is facing a dilemma: how to reconcile interests and feelings, head and heart, individuals and communities: how to rebuild sufficient social cohesion in a society that is increasingly differentiated and heterogeneous. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Immigration nationallicence Italy nationallicence Labor market nationallicence Migration policies nationallicence Integration nationallicence Xenophobia nationallicence Journal of International Migration and Integration Springer Netherlands 14/1(2013-02-01), 175-194 1488-3473 14:1<175 2013 14 12134 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-011-0231-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-011-0231-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Ambrosini Maurizio Dipartimento di Studi sociali e politici, Facoltà di Scienze politiche, Università di Milano, via Conservatorio 7, 20122, Milan, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of International Migration and Integration Springer Netherlands 14/1(2013-02-01), 175-194 1488-3473 14:1<175 2013 14 12134 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer