Migration Diversity and Social Cohesion

Mark Bovens is a member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. He is attached to the Utrecht University School of Governance (USG) as professor of public administration. Central themes in his research include public accountability, democracy, the constitutional state and citizenship in the information society, political trust, and success and failure of policy.

Godfried Engbersen is a member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. He is professor of sociology and the director of the Sociology Department at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His current research is focused on transnationalism, labour migration from Central and Eastern Europe and the relationships between international migration and criminality.

Meike Bokhorst is researcher at the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy. She studied Philosophy, Journalism and Political Science and completed her doctoral thesis in 2014 on the legitimacy of regulations. Meike is researching the assumption made in Dutch and European legislative policy that closer proximity of normative guidelines leads to more legitimacy.

This open access book shows policymakers which initiatives work when responding to the increasing diversity in cities, towns and neighborhood's. In recent times, policymakers have grappled with ways of responding to this increase, which has resulted in a plethora of policy initiatives, some more effective than others. Bringing together a large amount of research and evidence-based policy recommendations, this book offers both a sense of strategic direction as well as more specific, actionable advice. It brings together a remarkable mixture of policy areas that touch upon issues of diversity, immigration policy, education, and labour policy. It is of benefit and importance to all those making policies for a country with increasing immigration.

Introduction: New migration patterns require a reassessment of policies.-  Chapter 2:  The Netherlands as a society of immigration.- Chapter 3: Societal challenges.- Chapter 4: Changing policy models.- Chapter 5: A better organisation of reception and integration in municipalities.- Chapter 6: Strengthening the social cohesion.- Chapter 7:  Towards migration policy with an eye for social cohesion.- Chapter 8:  Reassessing the policy agenda.