Migrants, work and social integration : women's labour in the Turkish ethnic economy / Saniye Dedeoglu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dedeoğlu, Saniye.

Series:

Migration, diasporas and citizenship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women foreign workers--England--London.

Women foreign workers.

Turks--England--London.

Turks.

Ethnic neighborhoods--England--London.

Ethnic neighborhoods.

England--London.

Physical Description:

xi, 202 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Exploring recent contemporary debates on gender and migration, this book provides a vivid case to scrutinizes the relationship between women's work in ethnic economies in Europe and social integration. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in London, it critically engages with the contemporary political discourses of integration and the ways in which the Turkish community constructs its own way of integration through the expansion of the ethnic economy. The book shows how women are silent contributors to the ethnic economy and how women's work and their role in the maintenance of social ties and networks play an important role in the economic success of the Turkish community. Questioning the role of the ethnic economy in increasing emphasis on women's traditional gender roles as mothers and wives and their role in representing ethnic/national identity, this book provides evidence that Turkish women in Britain follow a zig-zag path to social integration and underlines the need for context-specific integration policies in Europe. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Women Migrants, Work and Social Integration 16

3 The Ethnic Economy and the Turkish Ethnic Economy in London 42

4 Migratory Trends and the 'Turkish' Community in London 67

5 Turkish Immigrant Women in London 92

6 Women's Work in London's Turkish Ethnic Economy 118

7 Zigzag Paths to Social Integration 146

8 Conclusion 170.

ISBN:

1137371110

9781137371119

1137371129

9781137371126

OCLC:

893648342