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100			_aZapata-Barrero, Ricard
245			_aIntercultural policy and multi-level governance in Barcelona: mainstreaming comprehensive approach
260			_c2017
300			_ap.247-266.
362			_aJun
520			_aThe main purpose of this article is to analyse Barcelona's mainstreaming approach to intercultural policy from the beginning of its immigration process. My key questions are threefold: (a) why was Barcelona attracted by the intercultural approach so early in 1997? (b) how can we understand the consolidation of interculturalism? and (c) how can its successful permanent endurance (16 years) be explained, given different migratory contexts/political governments? I will argue that Barcelona's status as a key player within the multi-level system of Catalan and Spanish governance has been a favourable key factor. I will first feature the mainstreaming approach, and then defend the argument that the vertical dimension has helped to strengthen the legitimacy of the horizontal dimension, as it has provided a favourable environment in which interculturalism can flourish. I conclude by highlighting the fact that the analysis of Barcelona helps to provide new meanings for the multi-level governance debate in diverse European cities. - Reproduced.
650			_aInterculturalism
650			_aImmigration
650			_aLocal government
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
909			_a115160
999			_c115154 _d115154