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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495763803321

Autore

Yap Zong Yao Edison

Titolo

Stratified Belonging, Layered Subjectivities : The Complexities of Refugee Integration in Cosmopolitan Berlin / / Zong Yao Edison Yap

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : Graduate Institute Publications, 2021

ISBN

2-940600-27-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (38 p.)

Collana

eCahiers de l’Institut

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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.