ISSN 2756-3456
Global Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 3 (7), pp. 001-005, July, 2014. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
New comers, confidence and social fragmentation in communities with strong cultural differentiation in Sicily
Lorenzo Ferrante
Department for the Study of Politics, Law and Society “G.Mosca” - piazza Bologni, 8- 90134 Palermo Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy. E-mail: [email protected]. Tel: +390916625646/347, +39-3864711.
Accepted 04 April, 2014
Abstract
This article is a community study carried out in a microcosm of Sicily using different strategies to defend collective identity and territory from the waves of new immigrants. It is a critical analysis of the changing of representations of immigrants, and the problems that multiculturalism poses with regard to issues of identity and confidence.
Key words: Confidence, immigration, rights, citizenship, social distance.