Decolonizing civic Integration: a critical analysis of texts used in Dutch civic integration programmes

European civic integration programs claim to provide newcomers with necessary tools for successful participation. Simultaneously, these programs have been criticized for being restrictive, market-driven, and for working towards an implicit goal of limiting migration. Authors have questioned how these programs discursively construct an offensive image of the Other and how colonial histories are reproduced in the constructions seen today. The Dutch civic integration program is considered a leading example of a restrictive program within Europe. Research has critically questioned the discourses w... Mehr ...