Public Discourse and Immigrant Assimilation: Incompatibility and the Othering of Immigrant Groups

Abstract

This paper examines how a state's public discourse affects the assimilation process of immigrant groups with a significantly different cultural identity from the host society. The examination of the relationship of these factors, which has not been studied in the context of France and the Netherlands, reveals the strong role of public discourse as one of the many factors that affect the process of assimilation.