Title: Young migrants : exclusion and belonging in Europe /
Authors: Fangen, Katrine.; Johansson, Thomas, 1959-; Hammarén, Nils, 1972-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Immigrant youth Europe Social conditions.; Marginality, Social Europe; Social integration Europe.; Age groups: adolescents Europe.; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies Europe.; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Life Stages Adolescence.; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Life Stages Teenagers.; Immigrant youth Social conditions; Invandrare.; Marginality, Social; Migration, immigration & emigration Europe.; Migration.; Social integration; Social integration.; Sociala förhållanden.; Socialt utstötta.; Society.; Ungdomar.
Abstract: While the figure of 'the immigrant' has become a topic of moral and political concern in Europe, little is known about how young adult migrants or descendants experience the complex processes of inclusion and exclusion in different life arenas. This book is the result of a multi-sited ethnographical study of the EU funded project EUMARGINS, which brings to the fore the voices of young adult immigrants and descendants of diverse backgrounds in seven different European countries (Norway, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Estonia, and Sweden). By focusing on different life arenas, €such as€work, school, neighbourhood, family and peer groups, we reveal how young adults experience being excluded in some settings, while being included in other settings. We highlight how individual factors such as class background, country of origin and gender interact with the different juridical, political, socio-economic of the various host societies, and affect these experiences of inclusion and exclusion. € This book gives a complex and varied picture of how young immigrants construct identities, navigate through different social and cultural landscapes and relate to a number of different national, cultural and local contexts.
Contents: List of Figures -- List of Photographs -- Notes on Contributors€ -- Social Exclusion and Inclusion of Young Migrants: Presentation of an Analytical Framework; K. Fangen, T. Johansson and N. Hammaren -- Analysis of Life Stories Across National Borders; K. Fangen€ -- Migration and the Terms of Inclusion; L. Back and S. Sinha -- Pathways in Education; J. Strompl, K. Kaldur and A. Markina -- The Different Dimensions of Inclusion in the Labour Market; V. Ferry, M. Lambert and G. Prouve -- Being Heard or Being Seen; O. Romani, C. Feixa and A. Latorre -- Building a Home; R. Alzetta -- Margins and Centres: The Voices of Young Immigrants in Europe; K. Fangen.