Theorising Integration and Assimilation
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- transatlantic perspectives and a focus on the lessons to be mutually learnt from American and European approaches to integration and assimilation
- rich empirical data on the assimilation/integration of second generations in various contexts
- a new theoretical approach to integration processes in urban settings on both sides of the Atlantic
This volume brings together leading scholars in Migration and Integration Studies to provide a summary of the central theories in this area. It will be an important introduction for scholars, researchers and students of Migration, Integration, and Ethnic Studies.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
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Jens Schneider is an anthropologist and has worked extensively on ethnic and national identities in different parts of the world. He is coordinator of the TIES project – a major comparative study on second generation integration in various European countries – and also works as project coordinator in a community centre in Hamburg, Germany.
Maurice Crul is a political scientist and educational sociologist at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For many years he has worked on the educational careers of immigrant children, being involved in several comparative studies with as much a cross-European as a transatlantic perspective. He is the main initiator and coordinator of the TIES project.
