Full Description
Integration of newcomers is a foremost challenge for contemporary Europe. The 'second generation' - children born of immigrant parentage - is crucial in this process, for they constitute a growing and increasingly vocal segment of the metropolitan youth. This book offers an unprecedented look at the real-life place and position of the European second generation in education, labour, social relations, religion and identity formation. Using data collected by the TIES survey in fifteen cities across eight European countries, the authors paint a vivid picture of how the children of immigrants from Turkey, Morocco and former Yugoslavia are progressing. Their findings and cross-national comparisons are demographically compelling and at times revelational.
Contents
The European Second Generation Compared - 2 Table of contents - 6 Acknowledgements - 8 1 Introduction - 12 2 Comparative integration context theory Participation and belonging in diverse European cities - 20 3 Research methodology - 40 4 The TIES respondents and their parents Background socio-demographic characteristics - 58 5 School careers of second-generation youth in Europe Which education systems provide the best chances for success? - 102 6 Assessing the labour market position and its determinants for the second generation - 166 7 Union formation and partner choice - 226 8 Identities Urban belonging and intercultural relations - 286 9 Ways of 'being Muslim' Religious identities of second-generation Turks - 342 10 Conclusions and implications The integration context matters - 376 List of contributors - 406
