Keywords
integration policy
migration
cities
migrants
local level
How to Cite
Abstract
This paper analyses the role of the cities in the multi-level governance of integration policy. The goal was to analyse the relations of diverse actors in a multi-level governance context and the direct impact of the transnational EU policy to local level actors (that also bypassed the national level). We show how the interconnection of policy levels and the presence of actors in many roles in the process of developing immigrant integration policies resulted in the top-down transfer of policy goals. We also highlight the converse perspective and demonstrate how bottom-up policy initiatives strengthen the position of cities as important players in the multilevel governance, both individually and collectively.
Funding
The article is the result of research carried out as part of a project financed by the National Science Centre, Opus 11, “Institutionalization of the European Frame of Integration Policy in the metropolises of Central-Eastern Europe. Case studies: Budapest, Prague, Warsaw” (UMO 2016/21/B/HS5/02039).
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