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Segmented assimilation in the Netherlands? Young migrants and early school leaving
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Abstract There has been ongoing debate in the Netherlands in recent years about second-generation immigrant youth, a debate fuelled by two, rather persistent phenomena: high school dropout and unemployment among migrant youth. Fear exists that migrant youth will become marginalized. This raises the question ... view more
There has been ongoing debate in the Netherlands in recent years about second-generation immigrant youth, a debate fuelled by two, rather persistent phenomena: high school dropout and unemployment among migrant youth. Fear exists that migrant youth will become marginalized. This raises the question to what extent the position of migrant youth can be viewed as manifesting downward mobility, leading to a form of segmented assimilation? This article examines the problems of education and dropout, and discusses the significance of the many statistics which either prove or refute the assumed gravity of the problem. Then follows an outline of the policy landscape and the concomitant ethnifying effects to complete the picture. We conclude that downward segmented assimilation is not the dominant trend, and end with a discussion of new forms of ethnic exclusion that lay the blame for not integrating well into Dutch society at the foot of migrant youth themselves.... view less
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
second generation; segmented assimilation; migrant youth; ethnification; school dropout; unemployment
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 1470-1488
Journal
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 32 (2009) 8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870902763860
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)