Inclusive society and immigration: A systematic analysis of the literature

Aim of this systematic literature review is the analysis, through biblio-graphic research, of the current inclusion processes in order to under-stand if European society is becoming an increasingly inclusive society or is progressively assuming positions of closure towards the Other. The use of MIPEX, as a key to understanding the different inclusion policies implemented by the various European countries, has high-lighted how the ideas of cultural pluralism and appreciation of diversity typical of an inclusive society are giving way to neo-assimilationist trends, symptom of the representation of otherness as a peril capable of undermining the social cohesion and stability of the nation.