%0 Journal Article %T Del Culturalismo al Ciudadanismo %A Casellas L¨®pez %A Lorenzo %A Rocha Cuesta %A Jorge %J Intervenci¨®n Psicosocial %D 2009 %I Colegio Oficial de Psic¨®logos de Madrid %X this article places the immigrants£¿ integration issue within the culture-citizenship debate. in order to understand culture as something else than people£¿s given customs or "essence", the text begins by analysing the essentialist notion of the term £¿culture£¿, pointing out some of its deficiencies and risks involved in dealing with such a notion. drawing on the ethical relativism-universalism continuum, the authors also discuss the drawbacks they see in a culture-centred integration, suggesting instead a citizenship approach based on a multidirectional and dynamic notion -aimed at achieving equal rights for everyone involved, immigrant and native populations alike. %K culture %K diversity %K immigration %K integration %K citizenship %K egalitarian dialogue %K civic integration %K coexistence. %U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1132-05592009000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en