A glance at immigrant integration. From recognizing social rights to granting real participation in local government.

The response of States to the phenomenon of immigration and its sway between two opposite poles, striving to find a balance in public policies, legislation, and the overall actions of public administration and jurisprudential decisions, is sometimes more unbalanced towards security and public order protection needs, sometimes more linked to human-rights profiles and migrants’ integration policies. This work tries to trace the transition from the recognizing of social right to participation in administrative and political life of local authorities for immigrants seeking integration in our country.