The Link Between the Transnational Behaviour and Integration of the Second Generation in European and American Cities: 'Does the context of reception matter?'
This article investigates the transnational behaviour of the children of immigrants – the second generation – in 11 European and two U.S. cities. We find evidence that transnational practices such as visits to the home country, remittances and use of ethnic media persist only among a minority of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Helsinki University Press
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Nordic Journal of Migration Research |
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| Online Access: | https://journal-njmr.org/articles/60 |
| Summary: | This article investigates the transnational behaviour of the children of immigrants – the second generation – in 11 European and two U.S. cities. We find evidence that transnational practices such as visits to the home country, remittances and use of ethnic media persist only among a minority of the second generation. At a personal level, these second-generation transmigrants are less socio-culturally integrated but more economically integrated in the host country. They also tend to live in those cities and countries with policies that are more assimilationist or exclusionary than multicultural. |
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| ISSN: | 1799-649X |