La politización de la inmigración y la reforma imposible del acceso a la nacionalidad en Italia
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https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2025.140.2.57Palabras clave:
politización, inmigración, políticas públicas, nacionalidad, Italia, extrema derechaResumen
Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, nº. 140
Cuatrimestral (mayo-septiembre 2025)
ISSN:1133-6595 | E-ISSN:2013-035X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2025.140.2.57
En los últimos 30 años, en Italia ha habido numerosos intentos de liberalizar el acceso a la nacionalidad para facilitar su adquisición por parte de las personas extranjeras que residen en el país. Sin embargo, todos estos intentos han fracasado. ¿Qué explica esta prolongada y constante resistencia al cambio del régimen de nacionalidad italiano? Este artículo responde a esta pregunta a través de la lente analítica de la «politización de la inmigración». Mediante un análisis cualitativo de la evolución del sistema de nacionalidad italiano a lo largo de su historia reciente (1992-2024), se argumenta que dicha resistencia puede atribuirse a tres dinámicas de politización: a) la polarización entre frames distintos dentro de las coaliciones de gobierno; b) el aumento de la visibilidad de la cuestión migratoria en relación con las crisis de las llegadas de inmigrantes; y c) la llegada al poder de la extrema derecha.
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