publications

@misc{meissner2018integration,
title = {From integration mainstreaming to convivial disintegration: how superdiversity shows the pitfalls of (mainstreaming) immigrant integration},
author = {Fran Meissner},
url = {http://www.mmg.mpg.de/publications/working-papers/2018/wp-18-03/},
issn = {2192-2357},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-04-23},
journal = {MMG Working Paper},
volume = {18},
number = {03},
abstract = {The emergent literature on mainstreaming immigrant integration frequently references the term superdiversity. The diversification of migration is put forward as one rational for implementing measures to support immigrant integration across policy fields and across levels of policy making. In this paper I reflect on those assertions and argue that contrarily using superdiversity is not an argument in favour of mainstreaming immigrant integration, but that instead a superdiversity lens is uniquely placed to critically examine whether the goal of mainstreaming should be integration at all. To move this argument forward I propose more concertedly thinking about the merits of better understanding convivial disintegration as a more adequate starting point for thinking through the social and economic implications of international migration and how to address them through policy interventions},
howpublished = {Working Paper},
keywords = {convivial disintegration, integration policy, mainstreaming, superdiversity, uncertainty},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {misc}
}

@inbook{meissner2018mainstreaming,
title = {Mainstreaming and Superdiversity: Beyond More Integration},
author = {Fran Meissner},
editor = {Peter Scholten
Ilona van Breugel},
url = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-59277-0_10},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-59277-0_10},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
booktitle = {Mainstreaming Integration Governance},
pages = {215-233},
publisher = {Springer},
address = {Cham},
abstract = {The emergent literature on mainstreaming immigrant integration frequently references the term ‘superdiversity’. The diversification of migration is put forward as one rationale for implementing measures to support immigrant integration across policy fields and across levels of policy making. In this chapter and against the backdrop of the book’s empirical work, I ask how else, beyond being a rationale for mainstreaming, thinking about superdiversity might add to debates about what is mainstreamed. I primarily advance the argument that a superdiversity lens is uniquely placed to critically examine whether the goal of mainstreaming should be integration and propose to consider the merits of thinking about convivial disintegration as a more adequate policy goal.},
keywords = {complexity, convivial disintegration, integration policy, mainstreaming, superdiversity},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}