Laura ZanfriniCatholic University of the Sacred Heart | UNICATT · Department of Sociology
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The experience and the condition of the vulnerability of young immigrant women with NEET status are not acknowledged in both research and social policy. Within the extreme variety gathered under the term NEET, this present article aims at exploring the experience of a group of young non-EU migrant women aged between 18 and 31 living in Italy, who a...
L'articolo apre la sezione monografica dedicata al rapporto tra religione/i e organizzazioni. Dopo essersi soffermati sui motivi della scarsa attenzione tradizionalmente dedicata a questo nesso, gli autori descrivono come questo tema stia ora riemergendo quasi involontariamente, attraverso un'agenda di ricerca che si è via via arricchita di contrib...
Il Libro Verde è stato redatto dal Settore Economia e Lavoro di Fondazione ISMU, sulla base di una ricognizione della letteratura e della reportistica più recente e di una serie di focus group e interviste a esperti e testimoni privilegiati.
Si tratta di una raccolta di analisi, indicazioni e proposte formulate a partire da quanto scaturito dallo...
https://www.repubblica.it/commenti/2021/03/08/news/8_marzo_donne_diritti_disegueglianze-290965388/
L'articolo affronta il tema dell'immigrazione irregolare alla luce dell'impatto dell'emergenza sanitaria e nella prospettiva di un nuovo paradigma economico e sociale.
https://www.huffingtonpost.it/entry/dobbiamo-arrenderci-allirregolarita_it_6034d7b8c5b673b19b6b1973
Within the context of the XXVI Report on Migration realized by the Fondazione ISMU, the chapter discusses che most recent trends in migrants' participation to the Italian labour market and examines the impact of the Covi-19 crises. Finally, it provides some suggestions looking at the post-Covid scenario.
L'articolo descrive i diversi volti dell'immigrazione femminile in Italia nei loro risvolti problematici
https://www.avvenire.it/opinioni/pagine/per-le-donne-limmigrazione-non-ancora-emancipazione
Alcuni si lasciano alle spalle conflitti, persecuzioni e discriminazioni su base religiosa, altri sono schegge impazzite o membri delle reti terroristiche. Il fattore religioso è sempre più centrale per l’integrazione e la governance deve tenerne conto.
Il capitolo presenta una versione sintetica del position paper elaborato nell'ambito dell'iniziativa "Italia 2030 –Sostenibilità Innovazione Crescita”, promosso dal Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico con la Luiss Business School in collaborazione con Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Enel, Eni, Generali, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italgas, Leonardo, Poste Italiane,...
Il volume si basa sui risultati di uno studio nazionale sulle pratiche di diversity management implementate dalle imprese italiane rivolte ai lavoratori immigrati (cf. Monaci, Zanfrini, "Una macchina in moto col freno tirato", 2020); da qui propone e discute una serie di indicazioni operative e premesse per l'azione utili per le organizzazioni di l...
La voce illustra la difficoltà nel definire la mobilità forzata, alla luce della crescente complessità del quadro geo-politico planetario da un lato e del progressivo ampliamento delle categorie di soggetti/fattispecie ritenute meritevoli di protezione dall’altro. Illustra il Magistero sul tema, dedicando un’attenzione specifica alla tratta e agli...
This chapter aims to describe some of the processes that have made migrant families a relevant topic in contemporary Europe. Firstly, it analyses the transition from a migration of (temporary) workers to a migration of permanent settlers and families, which have completely changed the “meaning” of migration and its long-term impact. Then, it focuse...
Dopo aver descritto il processo di costruzione politica alla base del concetto di migrazione irregolare, la voce presenta le cause all’origine del fenomeno. Passa quindi a illustrare i provvedimenti attraverso i quali gli Stati tentano di contrastare questo problema, rilevandone le criticità. Descrive infine il Magistero della Chiesa sul tema e il...
Dopo aver definito il concetto di migrazioni internazionali, la voce illustra la complessità delle cause dell’intensificazione di questo fenomeno nell’epoca contemporanea. Passa quindi a descrivere come i migranti, oggetto di una speciale sollecitudine da parte della Chiesa, interpellino tutte le dimensioni della società, e come il Magistero abbia...
Il presente Position Paper è stato predisposto nei primi mesi del 2020 nell’ambito del Progetto “Italia 2030 – Sostenibilità Innovazione Crescita”, promosso dal Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico con la Luiss Business School con la collaborazione di Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Enel, Eni, Generali, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italgas, Leonardo, Poste Italiane,...
Despite the worldwide dramatic spread of religious-based discriminations, persecutions, and conflicts, both official data and academic literature have underestimated their role as a root cause of contemporary migrations. This multidisciplinary study aims to overcome this gap.
Through an unprecedented collection of theoretical analysis and original...
A partire dagli attentati terroristici occorsi in Francia ed Austria (novembre 2020), l'editoriale pone l'attenzione sulla religione dei migranti e sul suo carattere sfidante per le democrazie europee.
https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2020/11/03/news/la-necessita-di-ripensare-il-rapporto-tra-europa-e-religione-1.39495817
The article discusses some of the main critical points related to the proposal of changing the Dublin Agreement concerning the asylum seekers treatment at EU level
https://www.huffingtonpost.it/entry/von-der-leyene-e-limmigrazione-nel-rispetto-dei-nostri-valori-di-l-zanfrini_it_5f704c09c5b6cdc24c1a53c0?utm_hp_ref=it-universita-cattolica
Despite the worldwide dramatic spread of religious-based discrimi-nations, persecutions, and conflicts, both o icial data and academic literature have underestimated their role as a root cause of contemporary migrations. This multidisciplinary study aims to overcome this gap. Through an unprecedented collection of theoretical analysis and original...
The article provides a provocative analysis about the "racial issue" in contemporary Italy
https://www.huffingtonpost.it/entry/italiani-razzisti-o-sempre-brava-gente-una-questione-di-uguaglianza_it_5ef4b950c5b66c3126833db9
The article focuses on the closure of borders imposed by the Covid-19 emergency, and on the de facto suspension of the right to seek asylum, even in Canada, a "model" country in the management of refugees.
L'articolo propone una breve riflessione sulla opportunità di rileggere le limitazioni e i rischi implicati dall'emergenza Covid come occasione per divenire più consapevoli delle profonde disuguaglianze su scala globale.
https://www.ilfoglio.it/societa/2020/04/05/news/ce-un-altro-mondo-che-e-nelle-nostre-condizioni-sempre-cominceremo-a-capirlo-307...
The aim of this chapter is to show and analyze the unethical ambivalence of
the dominant narratives about the events of migration, especially in the case
of (forced) displacement. On the one hand, refugees are criminalized and targeted
as a dangerous threat to border security. Refoulement practices and concentration
camp-like conditions in some ref...
The chapter illustrates how immigration challenge both the inclusiveness and the competitiveness of the Italian society facing the Covid-19 emergency.
Within an ample study on the role of religion in the migratory and integration processes, this chapter illustrates some of the results of an original research carried out in Italy and based on different sources, among those 20 in-depth interviews with migrants and asylum seekers who, regardless of the entry channel and of their current legal status...
This introductory chapters illustrates aims and contents of the multidisciplinary study "Migrants and Religious Belongings", and provides some provisional conclusions.
Despite the worldwide dramatic spread of religious-based discriminations, persecutions, and conflicts, both official data and academic literature have underestimated their role as a...
The article discusses the proposal of a regularization of undocumented migrants in Italy, following the Covid-19 emergency.
https://www.huffingtonpost.it/entry/regolarizzare-gli-immigrati-perche-e-giusto-non-perche-conviene_it_5ea992fac5b6fb98a2b61f8c
Within an ample study on the role of religion in the migratory and integration processes, this Chapter (co-authored by the book’s editor and the president of the commission in charge with the coordination of the 2018 “Synod from the Peoples”), provides a selection of the suggestions emerged from the consultative phase of this pioneer initiative pro...
Within the yearly report on the city of Milan promoted by the Ambrosianeum Foundation, this brief chapter focuses on the need for a mobilization in support of the woman condition worldwide.
Within an ample study on the role of religion in the migratory and integration processes, this chapter illustrates some of the results of an original research carried out in Italy and based on different sources, among those 20 in-depth interviews with migrants and asylum seekers who, regardless of the entry channel and of their current legal status...
Within an ample study on the role of religion in the migratory and integration processes, this chapter illustrates the results of an original research carried out in Italy and based on different sources, among those 20 in-depth interviews with migrants and asylum seekers who, regardless of the entry channel and of their current legal status, have b...
Within the yearly report on migrations in Italy (25th edition) realized by ISMU Foundation, this chapter describes the main trends and perspectives concerning the working inclusion of foreign workers. A special attention is devoted to the need of relaunching the public and political debate about migratory schemes concerning economic migrations.
Within the yearly report on migrations in Italy realized by ISMU Foundation, this chapter describes the situation related to migrants' participation in the Italian labour market, focusing the attention on most recent trend on both the supply and the demand side. The final section provides some suggestions about the need to design new policies and s...
Il volume discute i risultati di una ricerca nazionale sulle pratiche di gestione di diversity management rivolte ai lavoratori migranti e ai rifugiati.
È stato realizzato nell'ambito del progetto DimiCome (www.ismu.org/dimicome) finanziato dal FAMI, condotto avanti in cinque regioni italiane attraverso desk analysis, focus group e una serie di stu...
L'articolo affronta la problematica dello svantaggio femminile nel mondo del lavoro, prospettando una nuova modalità di affrontare la questione della conciliazione famiglia/lavoro - in termini di work & life balance - e un intervento di empowerment sociale e psicologico.
Zanfrini Introduzione. Il lavoro che m(n)obilita. Contrastare la marginalità, valorizzare il potenziale, promuovere lo sviluppo / Zanfrini Il lavoro degli immigrati in Europa e in Italia: una sfi-da paradigmatica per la costruzione di un'economia inclusiva / Esposito La crisi dei rifugiati e la sfida dell'inclusione lavorativa / Valtolina E BoErchi...
After having acknowledged the stable settlement of immigrant families and communities, European countries have been increasingly challenged by the ‘diversity’ embedded in the population with a migratory background, made even more complex by its disadvantageous condition. Along with numerous attempts to acknowledge and ‘exploit’ migration-related di...
After having postponed the question of migrants’ inclusion into the community of legitimate members, European societies have been challenged by the (un)ethical foundations of their membership’s borders, highlighting the ineradicable tension between petitions for inclusion and petitions for exclusion. On the one hand, European States have experience...
Retracing the key points of this book, this concluding chapter stresses how the ‘economicism’ of the traditional European approach towards migration, once confronted with the philosophy of rights and solidarity, has generated three couples of opposing processes—inclusion/exclusion; equality/discrimination; diversity/uniformity—that certainly make i...
In Europe, the management of labor migration is traditionally based on a concept of complementarity between autochthonous and foreign work. Perceived as advantageous for both employers and domestic workers, this concept is indeed intrinsically discriminatory. Moreover, it has engendered the production of a structurally disadvantaged migrant populat...
The recent refugee crisis has laid bare the main weaknesses of existing systems of protection, as well as the ambivalent European attitude towards migrants and asylum seekers. Facing the growing complexity of human mobility, European States have introduced new statuses of protection, different than the traditional refugee one, thus overcoming the s...
This chapter illustrates how, in order to understand the current attitude towards immigration with all its challenging aspects, it is necessary to go back to the origin of the European migratory regime, based on the concept of Guest Worker. The latter defined migration as a purely economic phenomenon and denied migrants inclusion in the community o...
‘Laura Zanfrini’s persuasively-argued work provides a succinct discussion on the politics of immigration and the legacies of the guestworker model with original analysis that highlights the paradoxes of immigration governance.’
—Erica Consterdine, Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK
This book critically investigates the...
Within the yearly ISMU Italian report on Migrations (XXIV edition), the chapters presents and discusses the main trends concerning the migrants' participation to the Italian labour market. A special attention is addressed to the problem of the occupational inclusion of recent refugees and asylum seekers.
The European migration regime has been traditionally based on the temporary labour model. Coherently with the processes of social construction of migrants’ role, this model has encouraged migrants’ “natural” concentration in the lowest ranks of the professional hierarchy which, in turn, has produced a condition of structural disadvantage, often tra...
Introduzione agli appunti di don Francesco Pedretti sul volontariato
L'articolo presenta una breve riflessione sui caratteri del regime migratorio europeo e dei percorsi di integrazione degli immigrati nello scenario demografico e socio-economico contemporaneo.
Nel quadro del Rapporto sulla città della Fondazione Ambrosianeum, questo breve contributo sviluppa alcune riflessioni a partire dalla lettura del "Discorso alla Città" dell'Arcivescovo Mario Delpini.
Il volume raccoglie gli Atti della IX edizione (2018) della Summer School “Mobilità umana e giustizia globale”
http://www.cser.it/studi-emigrazione-216-2/
The European migration regime has been traditionally based on the temporary labor model. Coherently with the processes of social construction of migrants’ role, this model has encouraged their “natural” concentration in the lowest ranks of the professional hierarchy which, in turn, has produced a condition of structural disadvantage, often transmit...
L'articolo riproduce il capitolo dedicato al lavoro contenuto nel XXIV Rapporto ISMU sulle migrazioni
Rivista: Upside Risk - Accapierre
The article discusses the upcoming final conference on the global compacts on migrants and refugees
https://www.avvenire.it/opinioni/pagine/il-patto-onu-sulle-migrazioni-unoccasione-che-va-capita
L'articolo offre un breve commento dell'annuncio del presidente degli Stati Uniti di voler abolire il diritto ad acquisire la cittadinanza per chi nasce sul suolo nazionale da genitori irregolarmente soggiornanti
L'articolo discute criticamente l'utilizzo ideologico del concetto di diritti civili nell'Italia contemporanea
L'articolo presenta una riflessione nell'imminenza del patto globale sulle migrazioni proposto dalle Nazioni Unite
L'articolo focalizza l'attenzione sulla condizione di svantaggio strutturale delle seconde generazioni nate dall'immigrazione, sottolineandone gli impatti sulla coesione sociale e la competitività economica.
L'articolo ricorda alcune figure esemplari nella storia dell'immigrazione e dell'accoglienza a Milano
Migration in Italy and in the EU are undergoing radical changes. In its Twenty-third
Italian Report on Migrations 2017, the ISMU Foundation estimates that, as
of 1st January 2017, the foreign population in Italy has reached 5.958.000 people
and looks at the new migration trends in Italy and Europe.
The Report highlights how in 2017 the so-called “m...
The introduction to the special issue of Sociologia del lavoro written for its forty years of publications (1978-2018), was the occasion for the entire editorial staff, whose members have been working collectively for many years, to retrace the most representative moments that characterized the life of the Journal. In the first part, the deepening...
In contemporary Europe, migrants' offspring -The so called second generation - represent a very relevant group for their demographic weight, and, for many reasons, a bet at stake for economic competitiveness and social cohesion. After having highlighted the ambiguity of this concept, but also its indispensability for the analysis of the phenomena i...
Il saggio presenta i risultati preliminari della ricerca “Migrazioni e appartenenze religiose”, presentati al convegno “Migrazioni. Le cause di un fenomeno sfaccettato e complesso”, Istituto Superiore di Studi religiosi Beato Paolo VI, 5-7 ottobre 2017
L'attuale modello di organizzazione dell'economia blocca lo sviluppo e l'occupazione attraverso la creazione di "scarti" e di situazioni di conflitto, reale o percepito, tra differenti categorie di lavoratori. A questo l'articolo contrappone una prospettiva basata sull'equità, la reciprocità e la solidarietà, che faccia crescere sia l'occupazione,...
The essay presents an overview of current theories about the causes of international migration and focuses the attention on the process of social and political construction of different "types" of migrants. Considering the human and social costs of migration, in the current international landscape, it discusses if migration is always the best solut...
La scuola pubblica nasce con una vocazione universalistica volta a contrastare qualsiasi faziosità o miopia, in un approccio aperto alla ricchezza di ogni cultura, ma ultimamente sembra che si debba ribadire un concetto dato per assodato.
The essays focuses the attention on some critical issues connected to the relationship among immigration, citizenship and European democracies.
L'Italia può essere considerata un esempio di "non governo" dei processi migratori. Nonostante i significativi passi compiuti e la mobilitazione della società civile, l'obiettivo di una società integrata è ben lungi dall'essere realizzato.
Lanciato a ridosso della più grande crisi dei rifugiati dal dopoguerra ad oggi, che ha investito Milano di un’emergenza fatta non solo di immagini disseminate attraverso i media, ma di migliaia di persone in carne e ossa approdate in città col loro carico di sofferenza e di speranza, il Sinodo minore è subito apparso come un’iniziativa dal signific...
Il contributo introduce gli Atti della Ottava edizione della Summer School "Mobilità umana e giustizia globale"
https://www.academia.edu/37819942/BAMBINE_BAMBINI_E_ADOLESCENTI_NEI_PROCESSI_MIGRATORI
The European approach to migration is traditionally characterized by a sort of “schizophrenia”, generated by the attempt to keep together two contradictory philosophies: the “economicistic” philosophy, and that of solidarity and equal opportunities. To overcome this paradox –which has been producing a condition of migrants’ structural disadvantage,...
The article describes how migrants and asylum seekers can turn into a strategic resource in order to design new policies supportiing employability
L'articolo sviluppa alcune considerazioni sul tema della disoccupazione e delle sue conseguenze, per poi sottolineare il nesso tra la crescita della disoccupazione e il peggioramento della qualità dell'occupazione
Riassunto Nell'esperienza europea, le migrazioni economiche sono state tradizionalmente regolate in base a un principio di complementarietà tra manodopera autoctona e immigrata. Funzionale ad assecondare i fabbisogni contingenti del mercato del lavoro, questo approccio ha però provocato la "naturale" concentrazione dei lavoratori stranieri nei grad...
The article focuses the attention on the condition of fathers within the contemporary society
This article provides an outline and discussion of the main findings of an international research realized in 10 EU countries on Cross-cultural Diversity Management practices for immigrant workers. The fundamental aim is to explore the role of such practices for the promotion of a new model of integration based on the exploitation of immigrants’ hu...
Yearly report on migration and related phenomena in Italy
The current refugees crises has made Europe an emblem of the ambivalences and failures in the management of forced migrations in the contemporary era. Cradle of human rights, but at the same time dominated by the securitarian logic nowadays hegemonic at world level, in face of the biblical exodus of the last months Europe has exhibited the arbitrar...
L’articolo propone un’analisi dei problemi del lavoro attraverso il filtro delle diversità sociali. L’alterazione della composizione per età e le connesse pressioni verso l’“invecchiamento attivo”, la trasformazione dei modelli di genere e i suoi contraccolpi sui sistemi della conciliazione, l’immigrazione e il suo impatto sulla società e il mercat...
The contribution describes how the current refugee crises has made evident the main unresolved ambiguites traditionally characterizing the relationship between Europe and immigration.
The European approach to migration is traditionally characterized by a sort of “schizophrenia”, generated by the attempt to keep together two contradictory philosophies: the “economicistic” philosophy, and that of solidarity and equal opportunities. To overcome this paradox –which has been producing a condition of migrants’ structural disadvantage,...
L'articolo offre un commento del disegno di legge in discussione in parlamento sulla cittadinanza per i figli degli immigrati
The article focuses the attention on the migrants' offspring transition to the labour market in Italy
The article focuses the attention on the tendency to bulid "walls" in order to contrast human mobility
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The article describes some dramatic trends of the Japanese demographic situation
The article focuses the attention on some ethical implications of contemporary international migrations.
This article is based on a selection of the findings and insights emerging from “DIVERSE,” diversity improvement as a viable enrichment resource for society and economy, a research-project realized with the aim of contributing to “reinvent” the European migrants’ integration model, in order to sustain both the positive interethnic coexistence and t...
The article focuses the attention on the main weackness of the European management of contemporary forced migrations
The article presents a critical analysis of recent trends concerning migrants' acquisition of the Italian citizenship and, more generally, migrants' access to citizenship rights.
Mossi dall'energia elementare della speranza, i migranti affrontano rischi enormi per attraversare il Mediterraneo. Si tratta di un esodo che né muri né leggi possono fermare, semmai solo contenere. La loro presenza interpella la capacità delle nostre società di guardare al futuro e progettare un modello di sviluppo sostenibile.
Yearly report on migration and integration in Italy. This book touches upon a wide array of topics, amongst which the politics of migration, legal framework, labour market outcomes, education, health, and so forth.
Within the yearly Italian Report on Migrations (2016 edition) realized by the ISMU Foundation – the main Italian scientific institution on migrations and interethnic cohabitation – this chapter focuses the attention on migrants’ insertion in the Italian labor market. It illustrates the characterizing features of migrant labor demand’s and supply’s,...
l panorama sociale italiano sta assumendo tratti radicalmente nuovi, inimmaginabili solo pochi decenni fa. Assistiamo infatti al processo di trasformazione dell’Italia in una società multietnica, caratterizzata da nuove problematiche e nuove opportunità. L’articolo offre un contributo alla comprensione delle sfide di ordine politico, etico e cultur...
The article focuses the attention on the issue of social inequalities in contemporary society, and on their relationship with social differences. More specifically, it proposes a critical discussion of the mechanisms employed by societies in order to justify and legitimize different kinds of inequalities. Besides reflecting values and world visions...
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The European approach to immigration is traditionally characterized by a sort of “schizophrenia”, generated by the attempt to keep together two contradictory philosophies: the “economicistic” philosophy on which the system of entry (and stay) is regulated and the philosophy of solidarity and equal opportunities. To overcome this paradox, three major changes are necessary: shifting from the perception of migrants as contingently instrumental resources to the conception of their human capital as a structural resource for the economic and social development of European societies by exploiting their skills, knowledges and competences (hereafter SKC); promoting a wider awareness, among different types of organizations (profit, non-profit and public), of the importance and potentialities of Diversity Management strategies; improving the social participation and the civic and voluntary engagement of Third Country Nationals (hereafter TCNs) in view of the construction of an inclusive European society and in order to change the common perception of immigrants as people needing to be helped and assisted.
