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Comparative Migration Studies 2016 4:9
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Eurocity London: a qualitative comparison of graduate migration from Germany, Italy and Latvia
This paper compares the motivations and characteristics of the recent migration to London of young-adult graduates from Germany, Italy and Latvia. Conceptually the paper links three domains: the theory of core...
Comparative Migration Studies 2016 4:3
Published on: 18 May 2016
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Comparative Migration Studies 2016 4:2
Published on: 2 March 2016
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African migration: trends, patterns, drivers
Africa is often seen as a continent of mass migration and displacement caused by poverty, violent conflict and environmental stress. Yet such perceptions are based on stereotypes rather than theoretically info...
Comparative Migration Studies 2016 4:1
Published on: 22 January 2016
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Solidarity in diverse societies: beyond neoliberal multiculturalism and welfare chauvinism
In the postwar period, projects of social justice have often drawn upon ideas of national solidarity, calling upon shared national identities to mobilize support for the welfare state. Several commentators hav...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:17
Published on: 17 December 2015
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Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:18
Published on: 17 December 2015
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Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:16
Published on: 14 December 2015
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Conceptualizing and measuring migration policy change
This paper outlines the methodology of DEMIG POLICY, a new database tracking around 6,000 migration policy changes in 45 countries between 1945 and 2014. The article conceptualizes the notion of migration poli...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:15
Published on: 1 December 2015
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Family involvement and educational success of the children of immigrants in Europe. Comparative perspectives
Recent literature has emphasised the importance of family involvement within immigrant families in determining their children’s educational pathways. On the one hand, the focus on family involvement and the tr...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:14
Published on: 6 October 2015
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Parental involvement and educational success in Kosovar families in Switzerland
While some children of immigrants experience intergenerational upward social mobility, others do not. This paper explores the impact of parental and family involvement on offspring trajectories by contrasting ...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:13
Published on: 5 October 2015
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Passing the torch to a new generation: Educational support types and the second generation in the Netherlands
This study is based on 86 in-depth interviews with second-generation people of Turkish and Moroccan background in the Netherlands who have achieved upward educational mobility. We used an inductive approach to...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:12
Published on: 4 October 2015
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The educational supports of parents and siblings in immigrant families
This paper sets out to examine the type of help, from parents to children and among siblings, in order to understand the educational involvement and strategies of large immigrant families. The first point cons...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:11
Published on: 3 October 2015
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Behind the scenes: family involvement and educational achievements of second-generation Turks in Austria, France and Sweden
This article explores school-related involvement strategies within Turkish families in Austria, France and Sweden and their linkages with educational achievements of their children. Using data from the TIES su...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:10
Published on: 2 October 2015
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“Is it Merit or Cultural Capital?” The role of parents during early tracking in Amsterdam and Strasbourg among descendants of immigrants from Turkey
Streaming into educational tracks forms a turning point in the school careers of young people living in the Netherlands and in France. Yet the two countries differ from each other with regards to tracking cond...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:9
Published on: 1 October 2015
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Full membership or equal rights? The link between naturalisation and integration policies for immigrants in 29 European states
Traditionally, there are two contrasting views on the way states can use naturalisation and immigrants’ rights policies to set out their broader agenda of immigrant integration. First, citizenship acquisition ...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:8
Published on: 8 September 2015
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A national turn of local integration policy: multi-level governance dynamics in Denmark and Sweden
There is a growing interest in the research community in the local governance of migration and integration. Studies indicate a local turn in integration policies, with local governments becoming important inte...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:7
Published on: 12 August 2015
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Toward an improved understanding of immigrant adaptation and transnational engagement: the case of Cuban Émigrés in the United States
The article compares the explanatory power of assimilationist and transnational frameworks with a historically informed generation (historical cohort) thesis that addresses the long-term cross-border impact of...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:6
Published on: 12 August 2015
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Citizenship, integration and the quest for social cohesion: nationality reform in the Scandinavian countries
After having coordinated their nationality laws since the late 19th century, the Scandinavian countries have moved in distinctly different directions in this field since the turn of the millennium. Today Swede...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:3
Published on: 21 May 2015
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Beyond opportunity structures: explaining migrant protest in Western Europe, 1975–2005
The dominance of the political opportunity structure approach has led to an emphasis of institutional variables in the field of migrant mobilization. This paper critically discusses political opportunity struc...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:5
Published on: 21 May 2015
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The evolution of gendered migration trajectories from Moldova & Georgia
This paper is the first of its kind to comparatively examine the evolution of feminized migration flows from Moldova and Georgia in the post-Soviet period. Despite some similarities between the two countries, ...
Comparative Migration Studies 2015 3:4
Published on: 21 May 2015
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