Focusing mainly on the European experience including Eastern Europe, this important volume offers an advanced introduction to immigrant incorporation studies from a historical, empirical and theoretical perspective. Beyond incorporation theories, renowned scholars in the field explore incorporation in action in different fields, policy issues and normative dimensions.
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Introduction
- 1. Immigrant Incorporation Studies in Europe
- Summary
- References
- About the authors
- Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives
- 2. Citizenship Theories and Migration
- Summary
- Introduction
- Towards a definition of citizenship
- Democracy
- Rights and duties
- Collective affiliation
- The three dimensions together
- The expansion of citizenship: From exclusion to inclusion and the struggle for rights
- The erosion of citizenship: Naturalisation, social cohesion and neoliberalism
- The extension of citizenship: Multiple citizenship as dual and supranational citizenship
- Reformulations of citizenship: The examples of local and quasi-citizenship
- The limits of citizenship: The friction between citizen rights and human rights
- Reconciling human rights and citizen rights? World citizenship
- Conclusion: ‘We’ and ‘Other’ unbound in diversity
- References
- Key reading
- About the authors
- 3. Assimilation
- Summary
- Introduction
- The assimilation canon in the USA
- New assimilation theories
- Boundary theory
- The historical basis of assimilation theory
- Assimilation: A universal theory?
- What prospects for changes to social boundaries in contemporary immigration societies?
- References
- Key reading
- About the authors
- 4. Multicultural Models
- Summary
- Cultural diversity, multiculturalism and multiculturalisms
- Liberal approaches within political theory
- Multiculturalism and communitarianism
- Developments across Europe and the backlash against multiculturalism
- Moving from multiculturalism towards cosmopolitanism
- Cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism in everyday urban conditions
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Key reading
- About the authors
- 5. Race, Racism and Class
- Summary
- Introduction
- Evolving theories and perspectives
- New critical approaches to race, racism and class
- Globalisation of research agendas
- Race, racism and social relations
- Comparative perspectives on race, racism and class
- Culture, religion and identity
- Race, multiculturalism and difference
- Power, racism and policy agendas
- Rethinking the study of race and racism
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Key reading
- About the author
- 6. Integration and Gender
- Summary
- Introduction
- Intersectionality
- Belonging, citizenship and transnationalism
- Spatiality
- Immigrant organisations
- Multiculturalism
- Marital behaviour
- Education and labour
- Conclusion
- References
- Key reading
- About the author
- Part 2: Immigrant Incorporation in Action
- 7. Challenges in the Education of Migrant Children
- Summary
- Changing demographics
- Migration’s impact on educational systems
- Generational aspects of migrant education
- Pathways and modes of incorporation for migrant students
- Assimilation
- Integration
- Structural analysis
- Segmented assimilation
- Pre- and post-migration factors influencing migrant education and adaptation
- Pre-migration assets
- Post-migration reality
- Conclusion
- References
- Key reading
- About the author
- 8. Understanding the Incorporation of Immigrants
- Summary
- Introduction
- Theories of the incorporation of immigrants into labour markets
- Human capital theory and its variants
- A dual labour market approach
- The labour market segmentation approach
- Newer variants of LMS theory I: A cultural capital/embodiment approach
- Newer variants of labour market segmentation theory II: An international labour market segmentation approach
- A migrant network approach in a ‘super-diverse’ EU
- Conclusions
- References
- Key reading
- About the author
- 9. Immigrant Entrepreneurship
- Summary
- Immigrant entrepreneurship on the rise
- Agency-oriented perspectives: Entrepreneurs as individuals or group members
- The mixed embeddedness perspective: Matching entrepreneurs with the opportunity structure
- Stagnating, high-skilled markets
- Vacancy-chain markets
- Post-industrial or low-skilled
- Post-industrial or high-skilled
- Ethnic markets
- Regulation matters
- Policy matters
- References
- Key reading
- About the authors
- 10. Immigrants’ Political Incorporation
- Summary
- Introduction
- Definitions: What is immigrant political incorporation?
- Perspectives on immigrant incorporation in the USA
- Assimilation and Americanisation
- Minority politics: Urban politics and social movements
- Mass politics and the behavioural tradition
- Perspectives on immigrant incorporation in Europe
- Class, race or ethnicity?
- Citizenship, national models and political opportunity structures
- Collective resources: Civic organisations and social capital
- Conversations across the Atlantic: Future directions and emerging themes
- References
- Key reading
- About the authors
- 11. Health
- Summary
- Introduction
- Research in the field of migrant health
- Determinants of health
- Specific factors affecting migrants
- Intersectionality approach
- Indicators of health and illness
- Mortality rates
- Life expectancy
- Morbidity
- Healthy behaviour
- The need to differentiate within migrant groups
- Post-colonial migrants
- Labour migrants
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- Undocumented migrants
- Healthy migrant effect
- Political and organisational dilemmas regarding migrants’ health
- Conclusion
- References
- Key reading
- About the authors
- 12. Religion
- Summary
- Introduction
- A historical perspective on European religious pluralism and secularism
- Dealing with religion in Europe: History matters
- Nationally defined secularism and nationally bound religiosity
- A problem of definition
- Divergent models and a common focus: Minority religions
- Conclusion: Does secularism do justice to the new European religious realities?
- References
- Key reading
- About the author
- 13. From Others to Artists?
- Summary
- Introduction
- Naming and shaming? Contested conceptualisations
- Open spaces? Access to the arts and changing artistic fields
- Aesthetics of migration? Content and style
- From exotic other to strange self? Reception and its wider effects
- Concluding remarks: Ways towards the future
- References
- Key reading
- About the author
- 14. Sport and Migration in the Global Context
- Summary
- Introduction
- The social impacts of migration on sport
- Cultural imperialism and sport
- The transnational diffusion of sport
- The contemporary sport migration system
- Weaknesses in cultural imperialist arguments
- The cultural politics of race, ethnicity, migration and sport
- National identity
- Socio-cultural aspects of globalisation theory
- Concluding comments
- References
- Key reading
- About the author
- Part 3: Regulation of Immigrant Incorporation
- 15. European Welfare States and Immigrant
- Summary
- Introduction
- Immigrant incorporation
- Typologies of welfare states
- Typologies of incorporation regimes
- Putting typologies together
- From outputs to outcomes
- The limitations of existing approaches
- Disaggregating the welfare state
- Disaggregating the incorporation regime
- From incorporation to integration
- Conflict, social cohesion, and social control
- Conclusion
- References
- Key reading
- About the author
- 16. Between National and Local Integration Policies
- Summary
- Introduction
- Models of immigrant integration: A theoretical perspective
- Immigrant integration policies: The genesis of models
- National models of integration
- Local integration policies
- Empirical studies of local integration policies
- Fragmentation of local-level policies
- A local dimension of immigrant integration policies?
- Conclusion: Rethinking models of integration
- References
- Key reading
- About the authors
- Epilogue
- 17. Beyond Immigrant Integration Debates and Policies
- Summary
- Introduction: The diversification of EU diversity
- The issue: Integration, diversities and citizenship in the EU
- Do we need a new EU model of diversity management?
- Towards a multicultural citizenship of the EU
- 1 Cultural diversity and social justice
- 2 Equal basic rights and duties
- 3 The symbolic recognition of diversity
- 4 Integration, diversity and public policies
- 5 Political participation and representation
- Conclusion
- References
- About the author
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