Ethnic Minority Migrants in Britain and France

Integration Trade-Offs

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ID19923331
AuthorsR Maxwell (0000-0002-6495-5610, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author)
Year2012
Publication date2012-03-05
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueEthnic Minority Migrants in Britain and France (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511792427
OpenAlexW3172039629
Open LibraryOL34471115M
ISBN9780511792427
LanguageEN
Citations received63

This book addresses why some ethnic minority migrant groups have better economic and political integration outcomes than others. The central claim is that social integration leads to trade-offs with economic and political integration. The logic behind this claim is that socially segregated groups may have difficulties interacting with mainstream society but will have more capacity for group mobilization. That mobilization can improve economic and political integration. In comparison, socially integrated groups may have greater capacity to interact with mainstream society but also less likelihood of developing significant group mobilization resources. As a result, this can limit their economic and political integration outcomes. Rahsaan Maxwell develops this argument with evidence from Britain and France, claiming that similar group-level dynamics exist despite numerous national-level contextual differences, and provides a brief extension of the argument to The Netherlands and the United States

Argument (complex analysis) · Borough · Development economics · Economic integration · Economics · Ethnic group · Mainstream · Political economy · Political mobilization · Political science · Politics · Social integration · Sociology · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Public Administration · Economic conditions · Ethnic relations · Europe · France · Great britain · Immigrants · Minorities · politics and government · Social conditions

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