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Este texto analiza de forma exploratoria el proceso de consolidación de una minoría etnocultural en Ceuta y Melilla y de la reacción ante ello de la mayoría de origen hispano, con un doble objetivo: en primer lugar empírico, es decir, presentar información sobre un aspecto de la realidad política española muy poco conocido, y en segundo lugar teórico: los casos de Ceuta y Melilla presentan una combinación poco frecuente de factores relevantes en las discusiones sobre las políticas de gestión estatal de la diversidad cultural, lo que permite extraer de su análisis matizaciones al debate sobre estas políticas. El artículo describe la formación de la minoría de origen marroquí a través de la inmigración y la reagrupación familiar, sus demandas políticas y las variables que afectan a la respuesta de la mayoría ante ellas.
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The article explores the consolidation process of an ethno-cultural minority in Ceuta and Melilla, and the positions taken by the Spanish-origin majority in front of
it. The analysis pursues two objectives. Firstly, it offers information about a scarcely known aspect of Spanish politics. Secondly, the article discusses the pertinence of some concepts usually related to the multiculturalist approach, as the distinction between immigrant and national minorities. Ceuta and Melilla offer a peculiar combination of factors that are relevant in the field of the policies of management of cultural diversity. The text describes the formation of a Moroccan-origin minority through immigration and family reunification, its political demands and the variables which affect the majority’s answers to them.
it. The analysis pursues two objectives. Firstly, it offers information about a scarcely known aspect of Spanish politics. Secondly, the article discusses the pertinence of some concepts usually related to the multiculturalist approach, as the distinction between immigrant and national minorities. Ceuta and Melilla offer a peculiar combination of factors that are relevant in the field of the policies of management of cultural diversity. The text describes the formation of a Moroccan-origin minority through immigration and family reunification, its political demands and the variables which affect the majority’s answers to them.