THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE NORWEGIAN STATE IN THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION OF MINORITIES

SINCE ITS FORMATION AS A STATE, THE MAIN CHARACTERISTIC OF NORWAY HAS BEEN ITS HOMOGENEITY. NORWAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ECONOMICALLY STABLE, THEREFORE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS DID NOT AFFECT THE COUNTRY THAT MUCH. MOREOVER, NOT BEING A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION HELPED NORWAY ESCAPE THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED THE DISRUPTION OF THE ECONOMIC COURSE AT CONTINENTAL AND GLOBAL LEVEL. THIS STABILITY ALONG WITH THE BENEFITS, SECURITY AND WELFARE HAVE MADE NORW AY A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR IMMIGRANTS, WHO DECIDED TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES AND START A NEW LIFE, IGNORING THE UNFAVORABLE LOCATION AND CLIMATE. WITH THIS RAPID GROWTH OF THE MINORITY POPULATION, THE STATE FACED NEW ISSUES SUCH AS INTEGRATION, CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND IMM IGRATION, THAT HAVE BECOME CENTRAL TOPICS OF DISCUSSION. NORWAY HAD TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND SHAPE POLICIES IN ORD ER TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION AND GUARANTEE EQUAL RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS DIVERSE POPULATION. THE PRESENT STUDY INTENDS TO ANALYZE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE NORWEGIAN STATE IN THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION OF MINORITIES, TAKING INTO C ONSIDERATION THEIR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPLE OF NON -DISCRIMINATION, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMIC ,SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY.

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