عنوان

Migration, Integration, and Adolescence in Contemporary Germany

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TLpq2436898224

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Migration, Integration, and Adolescence in Contemporary Germany

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[Thesis]

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Reason, Max

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Mouw, Ted

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2020

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176

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Ph.D.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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2020

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A long history of immigration since the Second World War has led to a Germany that is today comprised of many distinct migrant-origin groups, each with different timelines of migration, and each experiencing different push and pull factors that ultimately led them to settle in Germany. Adding to the complexity of the situation is the presence of differing contexts of legal and social reception experienced by these migrant-origin groups once in Germany. It is within this social reality that young Germans of migrant origin experience the important developmental stage of adolescence. This dissertation comprises three empirical research studies, each pertaining to migration, integration, and adolescence in contemporary Germany. The first empirical chapter investigates how measures of migrant integration across the parent and child generation are associated with ethnic disparities in secondary-school tracking, and how these integration factors work across generations to influence the schooling outcomes of migrant-origin children. The second empirical study explores the longitudinal growth trajectories of national and ethnic identity across adolescence and analyzes differences in these trajectories as a function of generational status and national origin. The third empirical study aims to better understand how native-German young adults understand different push factors of forced migration to be legitimate claims for refugee status and entry into Germany, and to conceptually group this population based on their attitudes towards refugee legitimacy. Results from the first empirical chapter indicate that for Turkish youth, disparities in secondary-school tracking are largely explained by lower levels of socioeconomic status among Turkish-origin families, while those of Southern-European origin exhibit a more complex relationship between intergenerational integration and school tracking. Results from the second empirical chapter show that national and ethnic identity formation are largely independent processes for migrant-origin youth, and that differences in identity development between those of different generational statuses are a function of national origin. Finally, the third empirical chapter found four distinct understandings of refugee legitimacy within the native-German young adult population, each of which were associated with demographic, social network, and attitudinal factors.

Sociology

Mouw, Ted

Reason, Max

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