Participation, Integration, and Recognition : changing Pathways to Immigrant Incorporation
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti : Turun yliopisto
2015
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-5889-82-6
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-5889-82-6
Kuvaus
Introduction / Johanna Leinonen
I Dynamics of Immigrant Integration
Pluralism and the dynamics of contemporary integration / Peter Kivisto
Predicting immigrant integration: Common denominators and individual trajectories / Tuuli Anna Mähönen
Integration and incorporation: Challenges and perspectives in minority history writing / Teemu Ryymin
II Integration in Diasporas
“They’re here and we´re going to have to do the best we can”: Integration of Somali immigrants in Lieksa and Fort Morgan / Marko Kananen & Tiina Sotkasiira
Securitization and diaspora networks: Perceptions on their evolving socio-economic role and impact / Maria Elo & Arla Juntunen
Cross-border migration and transnational connections among ethnic minorities in the region of St. Petersburg in the 19th century / Andrei Kalinitchev
III Minority and Majority Perspectives on Immigration and Integration
Tolerance and expectations in Finnish attitudes about immigration in 2010 and 2012 / Ismo Söderling & Heidi Kiiveri
Experiencing and coping with everyday (dis)belonging: The case of 1.5 generation undocumented youth in the United States / Elizabeth Benedict Christensen
The reception of separated minors in Sweden: To receive with grace and knowledge / Kristina Gustafsson
IV Memories of Immigrant Integration
People in motion, a historical perspective / Ann-Christin Torpsten
Ethnic identity, Americanization and hybridization of 2nd generation Finnish Americans during the Great Depression Era in Toivola, Michigan, as presented in Jingo Viitala Vachon’s books / Jari Nikkola
Jell-O with dill: Food in constructing transcultural identities in a Finnish-American migrant short story collection / Roman Kushnir
Two Finnish migrants Down Under: An Australian biographical perspective / Ruth Bonetti (neé Back).
I Dynamics of Immigrant Integration
Pluralism and the dynamics of contemporary integration / Peter Kivisto
Predicting immigrant integration: Common denominators and individual trajectories / Tuuli Anna Mähönen
Integration and incorporation: Challenges and perspectives in minority history writing / Teemu Ryymin
II Integration in Diasporas
“They’re here and we´re going to have to do the best we can”: Integration of Somali immigrants in Lieksa and Fort Morgan / Marko Kananen & Tiina Sotkasiira
Securitization and diaspora networks: Perceptions on their evolving socio-economic role and impact / Maria Elo & Arla Juntunen
Cross-border migration and transnational connections among ethnic minorities in the region of St. Petersburg in the 19th century / Andrei Kalinitchev
III Minority and Majority Perspectives on Immigration and Integration
Tolerance and expectations in Finnish attitudes about immigration in 2010 and 2012 / Ismo Söderling & Heidi Kiiveri
Experiencing and coping with everyday (dis)belonging: The case of 1.5 generation undocumented youth in the United States / Elizabeth Benedict Christensen
The reception of separated minors in Sweden: To receive with grace and knowledge / Kristina Gustafsson
IV Memories of Immigrant Integration
People in motion, a historical perspective / Ann-Christin Torpsten
Ethnic identity, Americanization and hybridization of 2nd generation Finnish Americans during the Great Depression Era in Toivola, Michigan, as presented in Jingo Viitala Vachon’s books / Jari Nikkola
Jell-O with dill: Food in constructing transcultural identities in a Finnish-American migrant short story collection / Roman Kushnir
Two Finnish migrants Down Under: An Australian biographical perspective / Ruth Bonetti (neé Back).
Tiivistelmä
These conference proceedings gather expert articles about different ways of understanding immigrant incorporation, both historically and in contemporary society. It is important to examine critically what is meant by the term “integration”. Who are targeted with integration policies and who are left out? In which domains of society (e.g. education, labor market and families) is integration expected to take place and at what speed? What is the desired outcome of integration, both for immigrants and for members of the receiving society? How is this outcome measured and best achieved?
The articles included in this publication show that there is no single pathway to successful immigrant integration. Immigrants – just like anyone else – have multiple roles in their lives (for example, as family members, workers, students, and political and cultural actors), engage in activities in different social fields, and form relationships along these dimensions, different factors can create obstacles or opportunities for immigrants' integration process. As scholars examine these multiple pathways to immigrant integration, it is important to keep in mind the power relationships embedded in the integration process. Ideally, integration is a two-way process which results in changes in both immigrant communities and the receiving society. The publication shows how crucial it is to examine integration as a process, and study it both at the group and individual level.
The articles included in this publication show that there is no single pathway to successful immigrant integration. Immigrants – just like anyone else – have multiple roles in their lives (for example, as family members, workers, students, and political and cultural actors), engage in activities in different social fields, and form relationships along these dimensions, different factors can create obstacles or opportunities for immigrants' integration process. As scholars examine these multiple pathways to immigrant integration, it is important to keep in mind the power relationships embedded in the integration process. Ideally, integration is a two-way process which results in changes in both immigrant communities and the receiving society. The publication shows how crucial it is to examine integration as a process, and study it both at the group and individual level.