From refugee integration to the theory of change for integration. The evolution of the approach to social integration in the UK at the beginning of the 21st century
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https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.11380Keywords:
social integration, social integration in Great Britain, Theory of Change, Theory of Change for Integration, Theory of Change for Integration in Great BritainAbstract
The need and willingness to change motivates decision-makers and practitioners in the UK to take decisive integrationoriented measures. The country has never succeeded in developing its own original policy in this area. The first steps were taken in 2004 with the publication of the Indicators of Integration, but it was only
in recent years that work on integration management has been intensified. There is a clear departure from focusing on individual aspects of integration and implementing a problem management system in a broader context. This is reflected in the publication of the Home Office Indicators for Integration framework (2019). The document is based on the 2004 version, but presents it in terms of the Theory of Change, which was adopted as the basis for designing and verifying the integration process in the UK. The aim of the paper
is to compare the Integration Indicators of 2004 with the new version in order to identify the progress of work on the integration system and the change in the approach to the problem.
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