SOCIO-ECONOMIC BARRIERS, NATIONALISM AND FAILURE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION POLICIES
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28 March 2026
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15 September 2017
Abstract
FACING NEW KINDS OF MIGRATION FLOWS, FRO M MORE DISTANT REGIO NS, THE DEBATE ABOUT MIGRATION AND INTEGR ATION HAS BEEN GROWING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. NOWADAYS, PERCEPTION IS ESSENT IAL AND EACH ANALYST EXPRESSES HIS OPINIO N, THERE IS A TENDEN CY TO EXPLAIN INTEGRATI ON ISSUES IN ETHNO -CULTURAL AND SOCIO -ECONOMIC TERMS. MIGRANTS’ ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ENVELOPES THEIR MOVEMENT IN THE SOCI ETY CLASSES, ECONOMIC DISCRIMINAT ION IS A BARRIER TO THIS MOVEMENT AND TH US IMPEDES THEIR ECONOMIC INTEGRATION. A SOCIALLY COHESIVE EUROPEAN SOCIETY IS ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS T O ASSESS THE RELATIO N BETWEEN SOCIO -ECONOMIC BARRIERS AND NATIONA LISM AND HOW THEY CA N LEAD TO THE FAILUR E OF INTEGRATION POLICIES IN EUROPEAN UNION. IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS PAPER WE WILL D ISCUSS ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF INTEGRATI ON, MAKING AN OVERVI EW OF DI FFERENT CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES. IN THE SECOND PART W E WILL IDENTIFY THE POSSIBLE SOCIO -ECONOMIC BARRIERS TO EFFECTIV E INTEGRATION AND WE WILL TRY TO SHOW HOW THE INSTALLATION OF THESE BARRIERS CAN L EAD TO THE INCREASE OF NATIONALISM AMONG MIGRANTS. DOES A N INTEGRATION DEFICIEN CY CONSIST OF UNEQUAL E CONOMIC OPPORTUNITIE S AND DISCRIMINATION? IS THE LABOR MARKET A BARRIER TO SOCIO -ECONOMIC MOBILITY? A RE THE QUALIFICATIONS OBTAI NED IN THE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN RECOGNIZED IN THE EUROPEAN UNION? IS NATIONALISM A H INDRANCE TO INTEGRAT ION POLICIES? THESE ARE SOME
Keywords
MIGRANTS
NATIONALISM
SOCIO -ECONOMIC BARRIERS
MAINSTREAMING
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