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Stratified Belonging, Layered Subjectivities : The Complexities of Refugee Integration in Cosmopolitan Berlin / Zong Yao Edison Yap.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yap, Zong Yao Edison
- Series:
- eCahiers de l’Institut
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary.
- Political Science.
- Social Issues.
- Cultural studies.
- migration and refugees.
- human rights.
- non-state actors and civil society.
- democracy.
- governance.
- nationalism.
- culture religion and identity.
- identity.
- religion.
- immigration.
- work.
- Local Subjects:
- Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary.
- Political Science.
- Social Issues.
- Cultural studies.
- migration and refugees.
- human rights.
- non-state actors and civil society.
- democracy.
- governance.
- nationalism.
- culture religion and identity.
- identity.
- religion.
- immigration.
- work.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (38 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : Graduate Institute Publications, 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Recent studies show that immigration remains a top concern for Germans, with 46% expressing doubts that refugees can successfully integrate into German society. But what determines the successful integration of refugees? And what shapes their willingness to integrate into German society? Through qualitative interviews with both refugees and migrants, I investigate the relationship between their experience with discrimination and integration in Berlin. Importantly, I demonstrate how one’s appearance, ethnicity, religion, and so forth, can influence one’s experience with discrimination and integration trajectory; and through the multiple subjectivities I uncover, I show how complex the project of integration actually is. Additionally, by juxtaposing the experiences of post-2015 refugees with those of earlier Turkish and Arab immigrants, I highlight how the poor integration of earlier immigrants can adversely affect the integration of subsequent immigrants. Taken together, these insights challenge the image of Berlin as a cosmopolitan city. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Vahabzadeh Foundation for financially supporting the publication of best works by young researchers of the Graduate Institute, giving a priority to those who have been awarded academic prizes for their master’s dissertations.
- Notes:
- CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- ISBN:
- 2-940600-27-9
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