Stratified Belonging, Layered Subjectivities : The Complexities of Refugee Integration in Cosmopolitan Berlin /
Yap, Zong Yao Edison
Stratified Belonging, Layered Subjectivities : The Complexities of Refugee Integration in Cosmopolitan Berlin / Zong Yao Edison Yap. - Genève : Graduate Institute Publications, 2021. - 38 p.
Ebook
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.
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978-2-940600-27-4
10.4000/books.iheid.8207 doi
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Political Science
Social Issues
Cultural studies
migration and refugees
human rights
non-state actors and civil society
democracy
nationalism
culture religion and identity
identity
religion
immigration
work
Stratified Belonging, Layered Subjectivities : The Complexities of Refugee Integration in Cosmopolitan Berlin / Zong Yao Edison Yap. - Genève : Graduate Institute Publications, 2021. - 38 p.
Ebook
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.
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
978-2-940600-27-4
10.4000/books.iheid.8207 doi
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Political Science
Social Issues
Cultural studies
migration and refugees
human rights
non-state actors and civil society
democracy
nationalism
culture religion and identity
identity
religion
immigration
work
