Accepting immigrants as fellow citizens: citizenship representations in relation to migration policy preferences

Reijerse, Arjan; Vanbeselaere, Norbert; Duriez, Bart; Fichera, Giada

doi:10.1080/01419870.2014.916812

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“…Although citizenship laws across Europe have been overhauled in the past decades, the narratives of ethnic, civic, and cultural national belonging undergirding them link to much longer histories of nation building (Bloemraad et al, 2008;Brubaker, 2009). Recent psychological research has found that individuals who endorse cultural citizenship orientations, meaning they promote a protection of cultural values and symbols, also tend to have strong anti-immigrant attitudes and tend not to support multiculturalism (Reijerse et al, 2013(Reijerse et al, , 2015. Narratives of cultural protection are much more socially acceptable than explicitly racist sentiments, but the systems they uphold and the interpersonal impact they have can be very similar.…”

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Intersectionality and Youth Identity Development Research in Europe

2020

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The increasing application of intersectionality to the psychological study of identity development raises questions regarding how we as researchers construct and operationalize social identity categories, as well as how we best capture and address systems of oppression and privilege within our work. In the continental European context, the use of the intersectionality paradigm raises additional issues, since "race" was officially removed from the vernacular following the atrocities of WWII, yet racialized oppression continues to occur at every level of society. Within psychological research, participants are often divided into those with and without "migration background," which can reiterate inequitable norms of national belonging while washing over salient lived experiences in relation to generation status, citizenship, religion, gender, and the intersection between these and other social locations. Although discrimination is increasingly examined in identity development research, rarely are the history and impact of colonialism and related socio-historical elements acknowledged. In the current paper, we aim to address these issues by reviewing previous research and discussing theoretical and practical possibilities for the future. In doing so, we delve into the problems of trading in one static social identity category (e.g., "race") for another (e.g., "migration background/migrant") without examining the power structures inherent in the creation of these top-down categories, or the lived experiences of those navigating what it means to be marked as a racialized Other. Focusing primarily on contextualized ethno-cultural identity development, we discuss relevant examples from the continental European context, highlighting research gaps, points for improvement, and best practices.

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Intersectionality and Youth Identity Development Research in Europe

2020

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“…The present findings suggest that alternative ‘civic’ representations of identity are important to avoid a sense of incompatibility between majority and minority cultures. This is where group membership is seen as a voluntary engagement in some basic ideological principles, and through the lens of common citizenship, rather than a fixed or inherent quality that stems from ancestry (Ignatieff, 1994; Reijerse et al ., 2015). Such a ‘civic’ representation of identity is more inclusive, and therefore, encouraging these representations through policy and education may facilitate multiculturalism and the management of diverse identities by all members of society.…”

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Essentialism affects the perceived compatibility of minority culture maintenance and majority culture adoption preferences

Moftizadeh

Zagefka

Mohamed

2020

British J Social Psychol

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This paper presents two cross-sectional survey studies, both conducted in Britain, which focus on how different cultural identities are managed in multicultural settings. Specifically, the studies explored the extent to which essentialism moderates the perceived compatibility of acculturation orientations, heritage culture maintenance and majority culture adoption. In study 1, participants (N = 198) were Somali minority members living in the UK. It was found when minority members essentialized Britishness themselves, and when they perceived that British people essentialized Britishness, they saw a desire to maintain the culture of origin and a desire adopt the majority culture as conflicting with each other. In study 2, participants (N = 200) were white British majority members living in the UK. Findings showed that when white British majority members essentialized Britishness, they too perceived the two acculturation preferences as being incompatible with each other. Taken together, these studies show that essentializing British identity can lead to a view that the majority and minority cultures are mutually exclusive. Implications for intergroup relations and integration into British society are discussed. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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“…She goes on to describe what makes her ‘more German than Turkish’ is not having taken religion classes and having ‘more German than Turkish friends’. With these claims, she implicitly references the narrative of Islam as not being a part of German identity and that to engage with others from one's heritage community is a marker of failed integration (Reijerse, Vanbeselaere, Duriez, & Fichera, ). This discursive reiteration of exclusionary narratives is reactive and given without much hesitation, implying the everyday nature of this contested identity.…”

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Being both German and Other: Narratives of contested national identity among white and Turkish German young adults

Moffitt

Juang

Syed

2018

British J Social Psychol

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Recent discursive research has built on Michael Billig's theory of banal nationalism, arguing that minoritized individuals who explicitly claim adherence to a national group may be further marginalized from a perceived majority who view such acts as socially undesirable. In Germany, a master narrative of muted national pride precludes hot nationalism, while a narrative of integration calls for overt national allegiance from anyone perceived as Other. Integration is demanded not only of recent immigrants, but also of the second generation and beyond, bolstering a related narrative of unquestioned Germanness as ethnically based. We conducted narrative analysis of interviews with white and Turkish German young adults to explore these master narratives, examining national identity through the lens of banal and hot nationalism. We found it is not only hot nationalism that marginalized Turkish German participants, but also the unrealizable narrative of integration. Situated within research into exclusionary notions of German identity, we argue that the integration demand reiterates the narrative of Germany as ethnically homogenous while fostering a feedback loop of contested belonging. With the recent increase in refugees and other immigrants, this critical examination of identity and belonging in Germany offers a timely and underexamined perspective to an important discussion.

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Accepting immigrants as fellow citizens: citizenship representations in relation to migration policy preferences

Cited by 23 publications

References 40 publications

Intersectionality and Youth Identity Development Research in Europe

Intersectionality and Youth Identity Development Research in Europe

Essentialism affects the perceived compatibility of minority culture maintenance and majority culture adoption preferences

Being both German and Other: Narratives of contested national identity among white and Turkish German young adults

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