In search of justness : children of immigrants in Italy

The aim of the paper is to present the main results of a qualitative research carried out in Italy in 2007-8 with children of immigrants born in Italy or arrived at a pre-school age. The aim was to analyze how a relatively privileged section of immigrants’ children – those with a relatively high cultural capital and who decide to invest on their educational in Italy – re-elaborates the projects and the experiences of their parents; how they react to the perceived opening and closing of the Italian society; and how they pose the problem of inclusion and participation