The so-called "refugee crisis" put forced migration to the core of Europe in a way not seen for years. Since then, a plethora of unsolved global issues which have effects on more privileged nation-states in the global North has once again came to the fore. This is especially true for the EU member states who may hardly be conceived as unitary in confronting the challenges forced migration implies for nation-states. The so-called "receiving countries" have often set aside the humanitarian aspect of granting asylum. From their point of view, there is an increased economic interest in refugees with higher formal qualifications and work experience, who could be integrated comparatively easily into the national work forces without further investments. At the same time, such refugees would also serve national economic interests by strengthening qualified labor. Compared to earlier years of reception, several parts of Europe have thus encountered another period of numerous arriving and at least temporarily resident refugees.
Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über neuere Veröffentlichungen, in denen vertikale Ungleichheiten mit qualitativen Methoden untersucht werden. Zu Beginn werden grundsätzliche Trends in der deutschsprachigen Ungleichheitsforschung beschrieben sowie jeweils spezifische Schwerpunktsetzungen in quantitativen und qualitativen Studien thematisiert. Eine Darstellung von ausgewählten Fachartikeln (2012 bis 2017) ermöglicht es, inhaltliche Fokussierungen der Beiträge und methodische Entwicklungen zu skizzieren. Dabei wird deutlich, welche Potenziale die Erforschung von Themen wie symbolischen Grenzziehungen, Prekarisierungs-oder auch intergenerationalen Transmissionsprozessen mit qualitativen Erhebungs-und Auswertungsmethoden haben. Die abschließende Betrachtung − mit einer Unterscheidung von drei analytischen Perspektiven auf Ungleichheit − verweist auf spezifische Stärken qualitativer Vorgehensweisen.
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