Marriage migration and integration : / Katharine Charsley, Marta Bolognani, Evelyn Ersanilli, Sarah Spencer.
2020
JV6342
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Title
Marriage migration and integration : / Katharine Charsley, Marta Bolognani, Evelyn Ersanilli, Sarah Spencer.
Author
Charsley, Katharine.
ISBN
9783030402525 (electronic book)
3030402525 (electronic book)
9783030402518
3030402525 (electronic book)
9783030402518
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xix, 323 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-40
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JV6342
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.9/06912
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305
Summary
This book provides the first sustained empirical evidence on the relationships between marriage migration and processes of integration, focusing on two of the largest British ethnic minority groups involved in these kinds of transnational marriages - Pakistani Muslims and Indian Sikhs. In Britain, and across Europe, concern has been increasingly expressed over the implications of marriage-related migration for integration. Children and grandchildren of former immigrants marrying partners from their ancestral 'homelands is often presented as problematic in forming a 'first generation in every generation, and inhibiting processes of individual and group integration, impeding socio-economic participation and cultural change. As a result, immigration restrictions have been justified on the grounds of promoting integration, despite limited evidence. Marriage Migration and Integration provides much needed new grounding for both academic and policy debates. This book draws on both quantitative and qualitative data to compare transnational 'homeland marriages with intra-ethnic marriages within the UK. Using a distinctive holistic model of integration, the authors examine processes in multiple interacting domains, such as employment, education, social networks, extended family living, gender relations and belonging. It will be of use to students and scholars across sociology, social anthropology, and social policy with a focus on migration, integration, family studies, gender, and ethnic studies, as well as policy-makers and service providers in the UK and across Europe.
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Bolognani, Marta.
Ersanilli, Evelyn.
Spencer, Sarah.
Ersanilli, Evelyn.
Spencer, Sarah.
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Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Marriage Migration and Integration
2. What is Integration?
3. Explaining British South Asian Transnational Marriage
4. Employment and Economic Wellbeing
5.Taking Part 1: Social Networks
6. Families, Households, Gender and Culture
7. Taking Part 2: Civic and Political Integration
8. Belonging
9. Conclusion.
2. What is Integration?
3. Explaining British South Asian Transnational Marriage
4. Employment and Economic Wellbeing
5.Taking Part 1: Social Networks
6. Families, Households, Gender and Culture
7. Taking Part 2: Civic and Political Integration
8. Belonging
9. Conclusion.