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Immigrant Incorporation and Identity: Schooling the Second Generation in Europe
Program
14.15-15.00: Daniel Faas: Immigrant Incorporation and Identity: Schooling and Second Generation in Europe.
15.00 - 15.15: Bolette Moldenhawer, discussant
15.15 - 16.00: General discussion
Time and venue
May 26 2010, University of Copenhagen
Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1353 Copenhagen
Room 18.1.08
Abstract:
Globalization, European integration, and migration are challenging national identities and changing education across Europe. The nation-state no longer serves as the sole locus of civic participation and identity formation, and no longer has the influence it once had over the implementation of policies. Drawing on rich empirical data from four schools in Germany and Britain, I examine how schools mediate government policies, creating distinct educational contexts that shape youth identity negotiation and integration processes. The study is the first of its kind to bring together between-country and within-country differences in identity formation among young people. By delving into the discourses of ethnic majority and Turkish minority youth, I unravel a wide range of factors shaping contemporary identities and offer new insights into the particular role school policy approaches play in this process. The talk situates these discussions within broader European and transatlantic theoretical and empirical debates on immigrant incorporation and offers a much-needed synthesis of European and American scholarship.
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Review(s):
This ground-breaking book combines an unusually sophisticated theoretical approach with a rich and multi-layered empirical study of the development of ethnic and political identities among Turkish and native youth in four schools in Germany and England. The result is a strong argument that school level policy approaches are very important in influencing how young people categorize themselves. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in migrant integration, multiculturalism, education in Europe and beyond. Mary C. Waters, Harvard University, USA
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About Daniel Faas
Daniel Faas (Ph.D., M.Phil. University of Cambridge, M.A. University of Stuttgart) is Lecturer in Sociology and Erasmus and Visiting Student Coordinator. His research interests include migration and education, European integration and globalization, citizenship and identity politics, multiculturalism and social cohesion, ethnicity and racism, curriculum and policy developments, and comparative case study methodologies. Daniel Faas is author of Negotiating Political Identities: Multiethnic Schools and Youth in Europe (Ashgate, 2010) and winner of the 2009 European Sociological Association award for best article (Turkish Youth in the European Knowledge Economy, European Societies 9(4): 573-99).
Bolette Moldenhawer is Ph.d., Associate Professor, at the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, Division of Education, University of Copenhagen.
