Nuovi italiani : forme di identificazione tra i figli di immigrati inseriti nella scuola superiore

The article discusses the future of the second and third generations in Italy by developing a generational perspective. Through the adoption of a constructionist theoretical approach, informed by works on globalization and the new social movements, it advances beyond the limits of theories and observations at time of fordism, based on concepts of either assimilation or integration. The papaer presents an on-going research on students of foreign origins who attend high school in Milan. By doing so, it focused on the specificity of the Italian situation and it highlights new and innovative forms of identification, as they are changing alongside current ideas of belonging, citizenship and difference. Hence the actual experience of the second and third generations, and their new forms of identification, emerge as a useful strarting point to understand some peculiarities of the contemporary world.