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Integrating via networks: foreigners and others
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Abstract The article analyses some of the general network mechanisms underlying the formation of social ties in order to argue that it is not only foreignness which determines concentrations in particular cliques, and segregation of different ethnic groups. Widely held assumptions about the logic underlying ... view more
The article analyses some of the general network mechanisms underlying the formation of social ties in order to argue that it is not only foreignness which determines concentrations in particular cliques, and segregation of different ethnic groups. Widely held assumptions about the logic underlying ethnic segregation are challenged and it is argued that migration leads to a re-organization of social networks which can produce marked separation of groups. Evidence is discussed from an Italian case of mass internal migration which has produced long-term ('second generation') effects in terms of stratification and schooling similar to many cases of international migration. This seems to illustrate marked network effects notwithstanding absence of citizenship disadvantage and major cultural differences.... view less
Keywords
integration
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
social networks; personal relationships; internal migrants; occupational mobility of migrants; migration and stratification
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 1231-1248
Journal
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 33 (2010) 7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01419871003624084
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)