Ghanaian Immigrants in a Northern Italian Town: Between Social Exclusion and Onward Migration to the UK

Abstract This article uses the “communicative repertoire” conceptual framework to investigate the evolving linguistic practices in the Sri Lankan Tamil (SLT) diaspora, looking specifically at how changing mobility patterns have had an influence on heritage language use. Drawing on fieldwork undertaken with 42 participants of diverse migration trajectories in London, the study finds that onward migration has important implications for Tamil language maintenance and use in the UK, and for the introduction of European languages into the community. It argues that Tamil practices can only be fully understood if we consider them within the context of participants' communicative repertoires. Further, the definition of Tamil needs to be expanded to include different varieties, registers and styles that have been shaped by onward migration. As the trend of multiple migrations is becoming increasingly common in globalization processes, studying the recent change in SLT migratory patterns is also crucial to gaining insight into the diversities and transnational links that exist within and across diaspora communities respectively.

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How paradata can illuminate technical, social and professional role changes between the Poverty in the UK (1967/1968) and Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK (2012) surveys

Quality & Quantity ◽

10.1007/s11135-016-0403-5 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 51 (6) ◽

pp. 2457-2473

Author(s):

Rosalind Edwards ◽

Ann Phoenix ◽

David Gordon ◽

Karen Bell ◽

Heather Elliott ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Professional Role ◽

Role Changes ◽

The Uk

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Social Exclusion and Transport in the UK: A Role for Virtual Accessibility in the Alleviation of Mobility-Related Social Exclusion?

Journal of Social Policy ◽

10.1017/s0047279403007037 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 317-338 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

SUSAN KENYON ◽

JACKIE RAFFERTY ◽

GLENN LYONS

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Policy ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Causal Link ◽

Public Consultation ◽

The Internet ◽

Physical Mobility ◽

Viable Solution ◽

Virtual Mobility ◽

The Uk

This paper reports findings from research into the possibility that mobility-related social exclusion could be affected by an increase in access to virtual mobility – access to opportunities, services and social networks, via the Internet – amongst populations that experience exclusion. Transport is starting to be recognised as a key component of social policy, particularly in light of a number of recent studies, which have highlighted the link between transport and social exclusion, suggesting that low access to mobility can reduce the opportunity to participate in society – a finding with which this research concurs. Following the identification of this causal link, the majority of studies suggest that an increase in access to adequate physical mobility can provide a viable solution to mobility-related aspects of social exclusion.This paper questions the likelihood that increased physical mobility can, by itself, provide a fully viable or sustainable solution to mobility-related aspects of social exclusion. Findings from both a desk study and public consultation suggest that virtual mobility is already fulfilling an accessibility role, both substituting for and supplementing physical mobility, working to alleviate some aspects of mobility-related social exclusion in some sectors of society. The paper incorporates an analysis of the barriers to and problems with an increase in virtual mobility in society, and concludes that virtual mobility could be a valuable tool in both social and transport policy.

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Book Review: Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the Uk: Forced Displacement and onward Migration

The Sociological Review ◽

10.1111/1467-954x.12027 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 61 (2) ◽

pp. 406-408

Author(s):

Sandra Evers

Keyword(s):

Forced Displacement ◽

Onward Migration ◽

The Uk

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Improving lives? Child poverty and social exclusion

Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Vol 1 ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447332152.003.0007 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Gill Main ◽

Jonathan Bradshaw

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Child Poverty ◽

Policy Context ◽

The Stability ◽

The Uk ◽

Over Time

This chapter details findings on child poverty and social exclusion from the 2012 UK Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey (PSE2012).It details the turbulent policy context in relation to child poverty in the years between the PSE1999 and PSE2012.It details the stability in perceptions of child necessities over time, and adult perspectives on children’s needs in 2012.The use of adult respondents in research on child poverty, and the implications of this in relation to how data can be interpreted, are detailed – and we recommend the inclusion of children in future similar studies.Findings indicate disturbingly high levels of child poverty in the UK, within a policy context which is likely to exacerbate this even further.Contrary to policy and popular rhetoric, we find no support for the idea that parental behaviours rather than ‘genuine’ poverty are the cause of children going without.Rather, parents are making substantial and personally detrimental sacrifices to ensure that their children are provided for.

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