Disadvantaged, but morally superior: ethnic boundary making strategies of second-generation male Turkish immigrant youth in Germany

AbstractThis paper examines transnationalism and identity construction among Chinese immigrant youth in Canada, an often-ignored population and inadequately addressed research area in transnational studies. I argue that the transnational practices within immigrant families have nurtured transnational orientation and identification among Chinese youth. I also interrogate simply using the frequency of homeland trips to evaluate the degree of second-generation transnationalism, by highlighting the different lens that Chinese youth engage in framing their perception of homeland.

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Memory of the Soviet Union and European Norms on Diversity as Rival Frameworks for Ethnic Boundary Making: A Case Study in Latvia’s Russian-speaking Schools

History, Memory and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe ◽

10.1057/9781137302052_12 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 193-208

Author(s):

Pascal Bonnard

Keyword(s):

Soviet Union ◽

Ethnic Boundary ◽

The Soviet Union ◽

Boundary Making

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Aggressive Behaviour in Native, First- and Second-Generation Immigrant Youth: Testing Inequality Constrained Hypotheses

Migrations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives ◽

10.1007/978-3-7091-0950-2_8 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 89-98

Author(s):

Rens Van de Schoot ◽

Dagmar Strohmeier

Keyword(s):

Aggressive Behaviour ◽

Second Generation ◽

Immigrant Youth ◽

Generation Immigrant ◽

First And Second Generation

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Ethnicity and “Muslim fraternity”

Under the Banner of Islam ◽

10.1093/oso/9780197511817.003.0001 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-23

Author(s):

Gülay Türkmen

Keyword(s):

Field Theory ◽

Identity Formation ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Research Question ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

The Political ◽

Ethnic Boundary ◽

Sociological Literature ◽

Boundary Making ◽

Kurdish Conflict

The chapter begins by introducing the case with the help of vignettes from the field. After setting the stage for the empirical puzzle, it goes on to the theoretical framework and situates the research question in the broader debates on religion and conflict, paying specific attention to religion’s role as a conflict resolution tool. It then ties these debates to the sociological literature on identity formation and ethnic boundary making and introduces the fourfold typology of religious and ethnic identities in the Kurdish conflict. To elaborate on the structural changes that have brought about these identity categories it turns to Bourdieusian field theory, discusses briefly the emergence of an autonomous religious field under the AKP, and familiarizes the reader with the actors in the political and religious fields in Turkey.

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