Handbook on Migration and Social Policy

Freeman, Gary P.; Mirilovic, Nikola

doi:10.4337/9781783476299

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“…With regard to integration support, a broad range of political, religious, civil society or migrant actors exist. Freeman and Mirilovic () distinguish between public policies accessible to migrants after moving to a destination country, and policies that are explicitly developed for the migrant population. Regarding the latter, Aksakal and Schmidt () observe that in different EU countries national supportive policies can emphasize particular aspects of integration, such as acculturation (language learning) in the UK, or labour market integration in Spain and Ireland.…”

Section: Migrants’ Integration and Support Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integration Needs and Support Offered: The Effects of Support on Young Spaniards in Germany

Aksakal

Schmidt-Verkerk

2019

International Migration

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In this article we compare the perceived cultural integration challenges by young Spanish migrants in Germany with the support offered by one national government initiative and one local migrant organisation. Based on qualitative interviews, we identified four inequality‐related and interrelated challenges: personal relationships, housing, company culture and bureaucracy. Our findings show that MobiPro‐EU, as an example of a government initiative, emphasises labour market integration and thereby neglects the cultural dimension of integration. The German‐Spanish Association, which is a regional example for migrant self‐support, lacks the financial means, staff and geographic scope to provide large‐scale support. We conclude that both initiatives follow a different support strategy and demonstrate shortcomings in supporting migrants. As a consequence, particularly for migrants who cannot draw on social support, for instance provided by their personal networks, the absence of effective support measures can negatively affect cultural integration into society as well as career development.

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Section: Migrants’ Integration and Support Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integration Needs and Support Offered: The Effects of Support on Young Spaniards in Germany

Aksakal

Schmidt-Verkerk

2019

International Migration

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“…The theoretical contributions of the Copenhagen School were first articulated in Barry Buzan's 1983 book: People, States & Fear: The National Security Problem in International Relations (Freeman and Mirilovic 2016). Buzan (1983) originally divided security into five categories: military, environmental, economic, political, and societal.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Securitization and De-Securitization of Kurdish Societal Security in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, And Syria

Hama

2020

World Affairs

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The four countries hosting Kurdish populations in the Middle East have mainly been politically centralized in character and sought to follow a homogeneous nation-state model through the assimilation of their Kurdish communities. Drawing on the concepts of societal security, securitization, and de-securitization derived from the theories of the Copenhagen School, this article examines Kurdish (in)security in the Middle East and argues that the Kurds have experienced significant societal insecurity due to the adoption of assimilation strategies by their host states. I posit that federalism and power sharing are the two obvious de-securitization strategies that may address the securitization of Kurdish identity in the states with significant Kurdish populations. I further argue that, while the federal model has appeared to manage securitized Kurdish identity in Iraq since 2003, this solution may not be applicable to Turkey, Iran, and Syria. Alternatively, consociational power sharing as a form of institutional de-securitization carries the potential to address Kurdish identity in these countries.

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“…This two‐dimensional analysis was also proposed by former research with and Kubrin and Stewart (2006) suggesting that it is the decreased opportunities for education and unemployment that lead individuals to radicalised actions. In Freeman and Mirilovic (2016) suggest that there should be policies to increase the resilience of de‐radicalisation, especially focusing on those individuals that have an increased probability of committing an offence repeatedly. The links of socioeconomic conditions to radicalisation and acts of violence/terror are also evident for the policymakers with a National Bureau of Economic Research report (NBER, 2022) suggesting that there should be policies to prevent increasing poverty levels as an efficient way to tackling of extreme events (as the 9/11).…”

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Convivial and informal encounters with de‐radicalisation

Atalay,

Korkut,

Fazekas

2023

Sociology Compass

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Our piece raises a conceptual issue with regards to how migration and deradicalization literature conform with each other in ways that they depict and deal with the self/other dichotomy. Both also aim at “integrating” the “other” through policy‐oriented formal mechanisms. The deviance from the normal, evinced by the self/other dichotomisation in these literature, presents who is not ‘us’ as the wayward other. In return, the following migration and deradicalization policies both introduce disciplining mechanisms to make societies homogenous and align the “other” with the existing nation‐state structures. Instead, we propose that societies have a non‐binary composition, and they cannot be pushed in becoming homogenous entities. This piece contributes to deradicalization literature by foregrounding the importance of informal engagements rather than policy‐focused formal processes of deradicalization. In conclusion, we show the importance of the ordinary and the convivial activities to achieve inclusion.

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Handbook on Migration and Social Policy

Cited by 37 publications

References 34 publications

Integration Needs and Support Offered: The Effects of Support on Young Spaniards in Germany

Integration Needs and Support Offered: The Effects of Support on Young Spaniards in Germany

The Securitization and De-Securitization of Kurdish Societal Security in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, And Syria

Convivial and informal encounters with de‐radicalisation

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