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‘Integration’ and ‘social cohesion’ have various meanings in public, academic and political debates. While both terms generally remain ambiguous, ‘integration’ becomes a distinctive reality when used by state officials who grant or deny rights. By reviewing recent developments in Swiss migration law, this blog post discusses critically the underlying ideas of ‘social cohesion’ and imaginations of ‘society’, and their implications for state. practices and discourses regarding the requirement of ‘being integrated’.

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