The Second Generation in Europe and the United States: How is the Transatlantic Debate Relevant for Further Research on the European Second Generation?
The Second Generation in Europe and the United States: How is the Transatlantic Debate Relevant for Further Research on the European Second Generation?
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欧洲和美国的第二代：跨大西洋争论与欧洲第二代的进一步研究有什么关系？
DOI：
10.1080/13691830701541556
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发表时间：
2007
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
M. Crul
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作者：
M. Thomson;M. Crul
这篇关于欧洲第二代人的JEMS特刊的介绍性文件回顾了支撑人们对第二代人日益增长的兴趣的一些关键主题，并询问了在当代关于移民和定居的辩论中，“融合”实际上意味着什么。作者试图将这些辩论置于各自特定的国家背景下，特别是通过将美国开发的第二代一体化理论应用于欧洲。通过这种方式，我们以跨大西洋对话的萌芽为基础，讨论哪些因素可能导致不同国家第二代一体化的不同模式。从这个意义上讲，融合既指教育和劳动力市场地位等结构性方面，也指更广泛、有时更模糊的概念，其中包括文化、族裔或宗教特性和公民身份的概念。本文还为本期特刊中的各种文章做了铺垫，这些文章共同说明了以欧洲为基础的移民子女研究的主题广度。最后，我们为未来少数民族群体及其聚落模式的研究提供了两条理论路径。
This introductory paper to the special issue of JEMS on the second generation in Europe reviews some of the key themes underpinning the growing interest in the second generation, and asks what ‘integration’ actually means in contemporary debates about immigration and settlement. The authors attempt to place these debates within their specific national contexts, in particular by applying US-developed theories of second-generation integration to Europe. In this way, we build on the embryonic transatlantic dialogue about which factors potentially account for different patterns of second-generation integration in different countries. Integration, in this sense, refers both to structural aspects such as educational and labour-market status as well as to a broader and at times fuzzier concept that includes ideas of culture, ethnic or religious identity and citizenship. The paper also sets the scene for the various articles in this special issue which together illustrate the thematic breadth of European-based research on the children of immigrants. We conclude by offering two theoretical avenues for future research on ethnic minority groups and their settlement patterns.