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Perceiving Democracy in Migration: The Case of Moroccans in Piemonte

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Since the 1990s, migratory flows to Italy have multiplied and the presence of immigrants of various nationalities has begun to take on a considerable weight along with the stabilization of many immigrant groups (Massey et al. 1998). In particular, immigrants from Morocco stand out not only in terms of sheer numbers, but also because of their patterns of settlement across the country.1 This has largely been due to changes in many of these people’s migratory project, where what was first thought of as a temporary move has, as we will see, become increasingly permanent.

I thank Prof. Ada Lonni for his encouragement during the various phases of the project and Prof. Alfio Mastropaolo for discussing with me the original idea. I also thank Dr. Tiziana Caponio for reading the first draft of the chapter and Dr. Paola Rivetti for the useful comments and suggestions during the final draft of the chapter. Any error, of course, is my responsibility

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Di Peri, R. (2013). Perceiving Democracy in Migration: The Case of Moroccans in Piemonte. In: Seeberg, P., Eyadat, Z. (eds) Migration, Security, and Citizenship in the Middle East. The Modern Muslim World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137345417_4

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