Course outline and reading list: SO4292 Migration 2013/14. Part II: The first and second generation in Europe and the United States

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1 Course outline and reading list: SO4292 Migration 2013/14 Part II: The first and second generation in Europe and the United States Lecturer: Dr Antje Roeder Office hours (College Green 2.08): Tuesdays 11am-1pm Thursdays 2-4pm Or by prior appointment Background and aims Part II of the module examines the social, cultural and economic integration of migrants and their children in Europe and the United States. After an introduction to the central theoretical perspectives in the assimilation discourse, we explore the attainment of migrants in the labour market, education and socio-culturally. We examine how these integration dimensions are influenced by host country institutions, origin country social structures and how they interact. Learning objectives Upon completion of this course you will be able to: o Critically evaluate concepts such as assimilation, integration and segmented assimilation o Compare the different integration outcomes of first and second generation immigrants in Europe and the United States o Assess the role of host country policies and contexts of reception, origin country factors and individual characteristics on outcomes o Engage with the current empirical literature and policy documents in the field of immigrant integration Teaching There is one lecture per week from weeks 1 to 6 and 8 to 12 (Wednesday 3-4pm; Room 2041A), and one tutorial per student per week from weeks 2 to 6 and 8 to 11 (Thursday 10-11am in Arts Building Room 5033 or 12-1pm in 3 College Green Room 3). Active participation in tutorials is required (see reading list for details of preparatory readings). Assessment The course is assessed by a final 3 hour exam, in which student will answer 3 questions out of a choice of topics. Further details will be circulated in due course.

2 Week 1 - Overview Overview of course materials, teaching and assessment, and introduction to main topics covered in the module. We will organise tutorial groups, but no tutorial takes place in this week. Week 2 Conceptualising immigrant incorporation: Integration, assimilation segmented assimilation? We investigate concepts such as integration, assimilation and segmented assimilation and critically discuss their use in the literature. In the tutorial we review the theoretical literature, and discuss how integration can be studied empirically by focusing on the Irish Integration Monitor (McGinnity et al., 2011). This serves as a starting point for the coming weeks, when we investigate the empirical literature on immigrant integration across different countries. **Alba, R. and Nee, V. (2003) Remaking the American mainstream. Assimilation and contemporary immigration. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. (Chapters 1 and 2) **McGinnity, F., Quinn, E., Kingston, G. And O Connell, P. (2013) Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2012, Dublin: ESRI/The Integration Centre. *Brubaker, R. (2001) The return of assimilation? Changing perspectives on immigration and its sequels in France, Germany, and the United States, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(4), *Freeman, G. (2007) Immigrant incorporation in Western Democracies, in Portes. A. And DeWind, J. (eds.) Rethinking Migration: New Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, Oxford: Berghahn Books, *Lucassen, L., Feldman, D. And Oltmer, J. (2006) Immigrant integration in Western Europe: Then and Now, in Lucassen, L., Feldman, D. And Oltmer, J. (eds.) Paths of Integration: Migrants in Western Europe ( ), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, *Portes, A., Fernandez-Kelly, P. And Haller, W. (2005) Segmented assimilation on the ground: The new second generation in early adulthood, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(6), *Simon, P. (2012) Collecting ethnic statistics in Europe: a review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 35(8), *Vermeulen, H. (2010) Segmented assimilation and cross-national comparative research on the integration of immigrants and their children, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 33(7),

3 Week 3 Immigrants in the labour market We will focus on the empirical literature about the labour market outcomes of immigrants in Europe and the United States, and link this to the theoretical debates around different modes of incorporation. In the tutorial we will compare the situation in Ireland with that in a range of other countries, and discuss potential reasons for the different patterns that emerge. **Barret, Alan and David Duffy Are Ireland s immigrants integrating into its labour market?, International Migration Review, 42, **Kogan, I. (2007) Working through Barriers: Host country institutions and immigrant labour market performance in Europe, Dordrecht: Springer. (Chapters 2 & 4) *Chiswick, B.R., Lee, Y.L. and Miller, P.W. (2005) A longitudinal analysis of immigrant occupational mobility: A test of the immigrants assimilation hypothesis, International Migration Review, 39(2), *Corkill, D. (2010) Economic migrants and the labour market in Spain and Portugal, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(5), *Demireva, N. (2011) New migrants in the UK: Employment patterns and occupational attainment, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 37(4), *Favell, A. (2008) The new face of East-West migration in Europe, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 34(5), *Jean, S., Causa, O., Jimenez, M. And Wanner, I. (2007) Migration in OECD countries: Labour market impact and integration issues, Economic Department Working Papers No. 562, Paris: OECD. *Portes, A. And Rumbaut, R.G. (2006) Immigrant America: A Portrait, 3 rd ed., Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. (Chapter 4) *Zhou, M. (2007) Revisiting ethnic entrepreneurship in Portes, A. And DeWind, J. (eds.) Rethinking Migration: New Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, Oxford: Berghahn Books, Week 4 Social and political incorporation We investigate the social and political integration of immigrants, with particular focus on residential segregation, contacts to members and institutions of the host society, political incorporation, as well as maintenance of homeland ties and transnational practices. In the tutorial we compare how different countries have approached social and political incorporation, and the outcomes of such policies.

4 **Alba, R. and Nee, V Remaking the American mainstream. Assimilation and contemporary immigration. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. (Chapter 6) **Portes, A. And Rumbaut, R.G. (2006) Immigrant America: A Portrait, 3 rd ed., Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. (Chapter 5) *Ehrkamp, P. (2005) Placing identities: Transnational practices and local attachments of Turkish immigrants in Germany, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 31(2): *Fahey, T. And Fanning, B. (2010) Immigration and Socio-spatial segregation in Dublin, , Urban Studies, *Jacobs, D. And Tillie, J. (2004) Introduction: Social capital and political integration of migrants, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 30(3), *Kalmijn, M. (1998) Intermarriage and homogamy: Causes, patterns, trends, Annual Review of Sociology, 24: *Muttarak, R. (2013) Generation, ethnic and religious diversity in friendship choice: exploring interethnic close ties in Britain, Ethnic and Racial Studies, online first. *POLITIS (2005) Building Europe with New Citizens: An Inquiry into the Civic Participation of Naturalised Citizens and Foreign Residents in 25 Countries, POLITIS Research Project. Chapter 1 (available online: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/citizens/docs/cit politis21724en.pdf) Week 5 - Clash of cultures? The focus of this week is on the role of culture and religion in migration. In the tutorial we review the empirical literature on immigrant religion in different countries, and evaluate the extent to which it serves as a bridge or a barrier to integration depending on the context. **Foner, N. and Alba, R. (2008) Immigrant religion in the U.S. and Western Europe: Bridge or barrier to inclusion?, International Migration Review, 42(2), **Hirschman, C. (2007) The role of religion in the origins and adaptation of immigrants groups in the United States, in Portes. A. And DeWind, J. (eds.) Rethinking Migration: New Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, Oxford: Berghahn Books, *Casanova, J. (2009) Immigration and the new religious pluralism: A European Union United States comparison, in Levey, G.B. and Modood, T. (eds.) Secularism, Religion and Multicultural Citizenship, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,

5 *Kastoryano, R. (2007) Religion and incorporation, in Portes. A. And DeWind, J. (eds.) Rethinking Migration: New Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, Oxford: Berghahn Books, *Modood, T. (2006) British Muslims and the politics of multiculturalism, in Modood, T., Triandafyllidou, A. And Zapata-Barrero, R. (eds.) Multiculturalism, Muslims and Citizenship, London: Routledge, *Portes, A. And Rumbaut, R.G. (2006) Immigrant America: A Portrait, 3 rd ed., Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. (Chapter 9) *Sunier, T. (2006) Religious newcomers and the nation state: Flows and closures, in Lucassen, L., Feldman, D. And Oltmer, J. (eds.) Paths of Integration: Migrants in Western Europe ( ), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, *Triandafyllidou, A. (2006) Religious diversity and multiculturalism in Southern Europe: The Italian mosque debate, in Modood, T., Triandafyllidou, A. And Zapata-Barrero, R. (eds.) Multiculturalism, Muslims and Citizenship, London: Routledge, Week 6 Gender and multiculturalism This week we continue to look at cultural integration, and particularly the controversies about gender and sexuality in the context of multiculturalism. In the tutorial we review different viewpoints and critically reflect on perceived incompatibility of cultures. **Okin, S. (1999) Is Multiculturalism bad for women? in Cohen, J., Howard, M. And Nussbaum M. (eds) Is Multiculturalism bad for women?, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (also recommended are the various responses by other authors in this book) **Sniderman, P.M. and Hagendoorn, L. (2007) When Ways of Life Collide: Multiculturalism and Its Discontents in the Netherlands, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Chapters 1 & 2 especially) *Ghosh, J. (2009) Migration and gender empowerment: Recent trends and emerging issues, Human Development Research Paper 2009/04. *Inglehart, R. and Norris, P. (2003) The true clash of civilisations, Foreign Policy, 135, * Röder A. and Mühlau, P. (2014) 'Are they acculturating? Europe's immigrants and gender egalitarianism', Social Forces. *Soehl, T., Fibbi, R. and Vera-Larrucea, C. (2012) Immigrants daughters and the labour market in Crul, M. And Mollenkopf, J. (eds.) The Changing Face of World Cities: Young Adult Children of Immigrants in Europe and the United States, New York: Russell Sage Foundation,

6 *Triandafyllidou, A., Modood, T. And Zapata-Barrero, R. (2006) European challenges to multicultural citizenship: Muslims, secularism and beyond in Modood, T., Triandafyllidou, A. And Zapata-Barrero, R. (eds.) Multiculturalism, Muslims and Citizenship, London: Routledge, *Yorukoglu, I. (2010) Marketing diversity: Homonormativity and the queer Turkish organizations in Berlin in Habib, S. (ed.) Islam and Homosexuality, Praeger, Santa Barbara, CA, Week 7 - Reading week (no classes) Week 8 - The second generation in Europe and the United States The specific situation of the second generation in Europe and the United States will be linked to the main theoretical debates in the recent literature. In the tutorial, we discuss the similarities and differences between the first and the second generation, as well as amongst members of the second generation. **Heath, A., Rothon, C. and Kilpi, E The second generation in Western Europe: Education, unemployment and occupational attainment. Annual Review of Sociology, 34: **Portes, A., Fernandez-Kelly, P. and Haller, W. (2009) The adaptation of the immigrant second generation in America: A theoretical overview and recent evidence, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 35(7), *Alba, R. (2005) Bright vs. blurred boundaries: second generation assimilation and exclusion in France, Germany, and the United States, Ethic and Racial Studies, 28(1), * Alba, R. and Waters, M.C. (2011) Dimensions of second-generation incorporation in Alba, R. and Waters, M.C. (eds.) The Next Generation: Immigrant Youth in Comparative Perspective, New York: New York University Press, *Crul, M. and Mollenkopf, J. (2012) The second generation in Curl, M. and Mollenkopf, J. (eds.), The Changing Face of World Cities, New York: Sage, *Crul, M. And Schneider, J. (2010) Comparative integration context theory: Participation and belonging in new diverse European cities, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 33(7), *Portes, A. And Zhou, M. (1993) The new second generation: Segmented assimilation and its variants, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 530,

7 Week 9 Guest lecture: Discrimination in Ireland and beyond This week, Dr. Frances McGinnity, Senior Research Officer at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), will speak on her research on discrimination of immigrants in Ireland. In the tutorials, we discuss the implications of this research for understanding discrimination more generally. **O Connell, P. And McGinnity, F. (2008) Immigrants at Work: Ethnicity and Nationality in the Irish Labour Market, Dublin: The Equality Authority/ESRI. *McGinnity, F., Nelson, J., Lunn, P. And Quinn, E. (2009) Discrimination in Recruitment: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Dublin: The Equality Authority/ESRI. *McGinnity, F. And Lunn, R.D. (2011) Measuring discrimination facing ethnic minority job applicants: an Irish experiment, Work, Employment and Society, 25(4), *OECD (2012) Settling In: OECD Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2012, OECD Publishing. (Chapter 9) *Russell, H., Quinn, E., King O Riain, R., and McGinnity, F. (2008) The Experience of Discrimination in Ireland: Analysis of the QNHS Equality Module, Dublin: ESRI/The Equality Authority. Week 10 Immigrants and host societies: Contexts of reception This week we explore how the native population reacts to migration, and discuss how different political, social and economic contexts all contribute to how migrants are received in a society, and how this can influence integration outcomes. Anti-immigrant attitudes, discrimination and its consequences are explored further in the tutorial, with focus on the evidence from different countries. **McLaren, L.M. (2003) Anti-immigrant prejudice in Europe: Contact, Threat Perception, and Preferences for the Exclusion of Migrants, Social Forces, 81(3), **MIPEX III, available on: *Fanning, B., Kiloran, B., Ni Bhroin, S. And McEvoy, G. (2011) Taking Racism Seriously: Migrants Experiences of Violence, Harassment and Anti-Social Behaviour in the Dublin Area, Dublin: Immigrant Council of Ireland. *Hayes, B.C. and Dowds, L. (2006) Social contact, cultural marginality or economic selfinterest Attitudes towards immigrants in Northern Ireland, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 32(3),

8 * Hughes, G., McGinnity, F., O Connell, P. and Quinn, E. (2007) The impact of immigration in Fahey, T., Russell, H., and Whelen, C.T. (eds.) Best of Times? The social impact of the Celtic Tiger, Dublin: IPA. *Koehler, J., Laczko, F., Ahazarm, C. and Schad, J. (2010) Migration and the Economic Crisis in the European Union, Brussels, International Organization for Migration. Available online: *McGinnity, F., Quinn, E., Kingston, G. And O Connell, P. (2013) Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2012, Dublin: ESRI/The Integration Centre. (Chapter 6) *SOPEMI (2010) International Migration Outlook 2010, Part III: Public Opinions and Immigration: Individual Attitudes, Interest Groups and the Media, Paris: OECD. (available: Week 11 - Migration and European welfare states Migration is often suggested as the solution for the demographic crisis in Europe. In both the lecture and the tutorial we engage in the debate whether this is a likely scenario, and to what extent large scale immigration is compatible with European style welfare states. **Koopmans, R. (2009) Trade-offs between equality and difference: Immigrant integration, multiculturalism and the welfare state in cross-national perspective, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(1), **Putnam, R.D. (2007) E pluribus unum: Diversity and community in the twenty-first century, Scandinavian Political Studies, 30(2), *European Commission (2007) Europe s Demographic Future: Facts and Figures on Challenges and Opportunities, Brussels: European Commission. *Geddes, A. (2003) Migration and the welfare state in Europe, The Political Quarterly, 74(s1), *Kogan, I. (2007) Working through Barriers: Host country institutions and immigrant labour market performance in Europe, Dordrecht: Springer. (Chapter 5: Welfare Regimes and Immigrants Employment Prospects) *Nannestad, P. (2007) Immigration and welfare states: A survey of 15 years of research, European Journal of Political Economy, 23, Week 12 Exam preparation This week we will review the course material in preparation for the exam, and students are advised to prepare questions. No seminars take place.