Immigrant integration is one of the most pressing issues in contemporary Europe but it is also one of the most complicated. There is an enormous amount of variation in immigrant integration outcomes: across different types of immigrants, different European countries, and different aspects of immigrant integration. As a result, it can be very difficult to make generalizations about the state of immigrant integration and the best ways of understanding its progress. In this paper we begin by using the European Social Survey to conduct cluster analysis on economic, political and social integration outcomes among immigrant-origin individuals in 24 European countries. This allows us to identify the most prominent patterns of immigrant integration in contemporary Europe. We then explore how these patterns are distributed among immigrants with different religious identities, immigrants from different generations, immigrants from different geographical origins, and immigrants in different European countries of residence. This gives us analytical leverage on which categories are the best way of understanding immigrant integration patterns. The paper has implications for our substantive understanding of immigrant integration in Europe, but also for theoretical debates about the relative salience of different boundaries.
Presented by:
Laurence Lessard-Phillips (Manchester)
Date & time:
May 16, 2016 2:00 pm - May 16, 2016 3:30 pm
Venue:
2N2.4.16
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