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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337716303321

Autore

Keskiner Elif

Titolo

Youth Transitions among Descendants of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam and Strasbourg: [[electronic resource] ] : A Generation in Transition / / by Elif Keskiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer Nature, 2019

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-11790-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 147 p. 5 illus.)

Collana

IMISCOE Research Series, , 2364-4087

Disciplina

304.8

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Social groups

Family

Social structure

Equality

Educational sociology 

Education and sociology

Migration

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Sociology of Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Youth Transitions of Descendants of Turkish Migrant -- Chapter 2: Prolonged Transitions: Early Tracking and its Implications for Transitions -- Chapter 3: Blurring of the Transition Point: Combining Work and Study -- Chapter 4: Transitions Decisions: Intersections of Social class, Gender and Ethnicity -- Chapter 5: A Typology of Transition Trajectories -- Conclusion: Developing Forms of Capital in Youth Transitions. .

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book maps the youth transitions of descendants of migrants from Turkey living in Amsterdam and Strasbourg, through a



comparative mixed-methods research design. As such, it is of interest to discussions in youth sociology, social mobility and second-generation research. The book follows transition trajectories of the second-generation, from school to activity or inactivity in the labour market, to marriage or further study and, deepens our understanding of transitions by unravelling the macro and micro mechanisms behind individual pathways. On the one hand, the author reveals the ongoing significance of distinct macro institutional settings as well as social structures such as social class, ethnicity and gender in shaping the youth transition experience. On the other, she shows that youth transitions are not predestined to social reproduction when institutional and social structures create conditions for the development of resources necessary for social mobility. Therefore, through an examination of how immigrants’ descendants develop forms of capital in their social trajectories, in relation to institutional and social structures, the book advances the theoretical discussion on Bourdieu’s capital theory. Moreover, in times when native-born descendants of immigrants are at the forefront of public debate being subjected to normative integration demands, the book significantly shifts the lens and draws our attention to the daily challenges and realities faced by ethnic minority youth.