The entanglement of substantive and symbolic politics in immigrant integration: insights from a regional state in Germany

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Table A1. Overview of the distribution of responsibilities across three government levels

	National level (Bund)	Regional level/land BW	Local level
LEGAL FRAMEWORK relevant for integration policymaking	- Exclusive legislative power in the policy areas: immigration and citizenship - Policy areas with concurrent legislation: right of residence, refugee policy, labour market - AGG (General Act on Equal Treatment) - FEG (Immigration Act for Skilled Workers) - AufenthG (Residence Act)	- Exclusive competence in the policy areas (amongst others): education, culture, religion, public safety, civic involvement - Participation in the federal legislative process, e.g. regarding laws concerning labour market policy, social insurance, migration and asylum - Structuring of general conditions/framework for the municipalities - Example in BW: - PartIntG (Integration law)	- Adoption of statutes with regards to matters of self-governance
ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION	- Asylum procedure - Promotion of integration through the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (mainly: integration courses)	- Implementation of federal and state law: decision regarding responsibilities and processes with some leeway! (e.g. granting of citizenship, right to stay for “tolerated” rejected asylum seekers) - Examples in BW (here: instruments adopted by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration): - Establishment of comprehensive local structures for integration through the funding schemes VwV Integration (advisory boards and integration officials) and VwV Deutsch (language support) - Additional forms of support/funding: Pact for integration (integration managers)	- Local implementation of laws and programmes - Individual implementation of voluntary tasks (e.g. additional educational offers, cultural institutions, urban development)
INDIRECT “CONTROL” in integration policymaking	- Formulation of “guiding principles” and goals - Funding programmes - Summits, campaigns, etc. - Examples at the national level: - Nationaler Integrationsplan (National Integration Plan) - Deutsche Islamkonferenz (German Islam Conference) - Integrationsgipfel (Integration Summit)	- Formulation of “guiding principles” and goals - Funding programmes - Summits, campaigns, etc. - Examples in BW: - Integration price - Integration campaign - Integration conference	- Formulation of “guiding principles” and goals - Funding programmes - Round tables, campaigns, etc.

Note: Interview Methods Table following Bleich and Pekkanen (2015).

Source: Own table, following SVR (2017), Blätte (2017) and Bogumil and Hafner (2017).

Table A2. Overview of interviews

Interview number	Interview ID	Role and affiliation	Date of the interview	Length in min	Recording
	Ministry staff
1	I1^a	Official at the integration department	10/2018	60	Audio recording
2	I2	Official at the integration department	10/2018	61	Audio recording
3	I4	2 Officials at the integration department	10/2018	90	Audio recording
4	I5	Official at the integration department	11/2018	126	Audio recording
5	I6	Official from different department	10/2018	60	Audio recording
6	I9	Official from different department	12/2018	61	Audio recording
7	I11	Official at the integration department	10/2018	50	Non-recorded (no transcript)
8	I12	Official at the integration department	12/2018	60	Non-recorded (no transcript)
	Representatives of local associations
9	I3	Chair of the integration working group for the association of cities (Städtetag)	10/2018	79	Audio recording
10	I7	Representative for integration for the association of cities (Städtetag)	12/2018	94	Audio recording
11	I8	Representative of the association of districts (Landkreistag)	12/2018	89	Audio recording
	Representative of social welfare organization
12	I10	Expert on migration and integration for the association of welfare organizations of the regional state (LIGA der freien Wohlfahrtspflege)	12/2018	65	Audio recording
	Involvement of migrant representatives
13	I13	Member of the integration council of the regional state (Landesbeirat Integration)	12/2018	66	Audio recording (no transcript)

^a The acronyms I1–I13/14 are used to quote and refer to the respective interviewees (I) in the analysis.

Table A3. Code groups

Code group	Name
1	Integration policy actors in the multi-level system
2	Developments in integration policy in BW
3	“Fields of action” in the area of integration policy in BW
4	Municipal structures
5	Milestone in integration policy at the regional level
6	Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration – Development and tasks
7	MLG horizontal
8	MLG vertical
9	Symbolic aspects of integration policy
10	Financial aspects
11	Understanding and design of integration policymaking

Table A4. Policy documents/key policy initiatives

Policy instrument (listed chronologically)	Year of enactment	Funding period	Goal of policy instrument	Funding dedicated
VwV-Integration Funding scheme	2013	2013–2018	- Development and strengthening of sustainable integration structures at the municipal level (e.g. establishment of the “integration officer” position; development of local integration concept)	Approx. 25 Mio Euros in 5 years (on average, 3 Mio per year, with an exception for 2016 and 2017 where more funding was available)
PartIntG BW Partizipations- und Integrationsgesetz für Baden-Württemberg Law	2015		- Realization of equal participation for people with and without migration background in all aspects of social life to ensure a peaceful “living together” between people from different cultures and to strengthen social cohesion	No funding
VwV Deutsch für Flüchtlinge Funding scheme	2016	2016–2018	- Strengthening of existing offers for language learning and testing of professional qualification/skills	Depends on service/initiative; costs for teachers and participants may be covered to varying degrees
Pakt für Integration Funding scheme	2017	2017–2018, extended in 2019, 2020 and 2021	- Structurally supporting the integration process of refugees through concrete actions; most importantly: Integration management, But also: Support of young refuges in school/entry labour market; language learning; support of civic engagement	2017–2019: 160 Mio Euro per year 2020: 160 Mio Euro 2021: 135 Mio Euro (The money is partially coming from the national level (Integrationspauschale des Bundes), but also from the regional state itself (regional state budget) to support municipalities beyond the minimum legal obligation)
VwV Integrationsmanagement Funding scheme	2017	2017–2021	- Support municipalities with the task of refugee integration through the Implementation of a local integration management - Strengthen social cohesion	2017–2019: 58 Mio (funds coming from the Pakt für Integration)
VwV Deutsch (Extension of VwV Deutsch für Flüchtlinge) Funding scheme	2019	2019–2026	- Promotion of participation of refugees and migrants in language courses - Improvement of language skills	Depends on service/initiative; costs for teachers and participants may be covered to varying degrees Important: this is a funding scheme that was set up in addition to the language courses funded by the national government
VwV Integrationsbeauftragte (Extension of VwV Integration) Funding scheme	2019	2019–2025	- Development and strengthening of sustainable integration structures at the municipal level through integration officers who systematically plan, control and coordinate integration work	Between 10.000 and 20.000 Euro per municipality (depending on size)
Förderaufruf 2020 „Integration vor Ort – Stärkung kommunaler Strukturen” Funding call	2020		- Support of structures and activities that promote integration at the local level - Improve chances for equal participation for people with a migration background in local communities	No data yet

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