Ethnic minority migrants in Britain and France : integration trade-offs

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Title:

Author:

Maxwell, Rahsaan.

ISBN:

9781107004818

Personal Author:

Maxwell, Rahsaan.

Publication Information:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Physical Description:

272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Contents:

The Argument -- The History of Migration to Britain and France -- Social and Economic Integration Tradeoffs in Britain -- Social and Economic Integration Tradeoffs in France -- Political Representation -- Community Organization and Political Influence : The London Borough of Brent -- Community Organization and Political Influence : The Paris Suburb Sarcelles -- An Extension of the Argument : The Netherlands and the United States.

Abstract:

This text analyses migrants' labour market and political integration outcomes, and argues that that assimilation trade-offs shape access to economic and political resources.

Subject Term:

Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Great Britain.

Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- France.

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- Ethnic relations -- Economic aspects.

France -- Ethnic relations -- Economic aspects.

Great Britain -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.

France -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.

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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.