Intergenerational Consequences of Migration - (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Migration is a life-changing experience not only for the migrants themselves but also for those left behind. Using a novel 'origins of migration' approach, this fascinating book reveals the true impact of migration across multiple aspects of migrants' lives by comparing three generations of Turkish migrants to Europe to their non-migrant counterparts in Turkey. Working with unique and exciting information on 2000 Turkish families and their 50,000 family members, the authors examine three generations-worth of complex migration trajectories and dense webs of transnational connections, taking in migration, settlement, return migration, friendships, marriages and visits. They evaluate change and continuity over 50 years, from the first labour migration of the 1960s to the present. Whilst in socio-economic terms migrants have gained from migration, and their attitudes and practices show some adjustment to the European context, the picture also reveals substantial continuity with their peers who remained in their country of origin. "--

Book Synopsis

This book analyzes the impact of migration on the lives of multiple generations of 2000 Turkish families. Exploring education, marriage, fertility, friends, attitudes and religiosity, it reveals transformations and continuities in the lives of migrants and their families in Europe when compared to their non-migrant counterparts in Turkey.

About the Author

Ayse Guveli is Reader in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK. Her research focuses on social stratification and mobility, migration, religion, families and quantitative research methods.

Harry B.G. Ganzeboom is Professor of Sociology and Social Research Methodology in the Department of Sociology at the VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His research interests are in the areas of social stratification and mobility, culture consumption and quantitative research methods.

Lucinda Platt is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Her research focuses on migration and ethnic minorities, poverty, social stratification and mobility, identities and longitudinal data collection and research.

Bernhard Nauck is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the Technishe Universitaet Chemnitz, Germany. His research interests are in the areas of families, international migration, identities, intergenerational transmission and longitudinal data collection and research.

Helen Baykara-Krumme is Senior Researcher in the Department of Sociology at the Technishe Universitaet Chemnitz, Germany. Her research fields are international migration, family studies and longitudinal data collection and research.

ebnem Erolu is Lecturer in Social Policy in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. Her research fields are poverty, household livelihoods and international migration.

Sait Bayrakdar is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK. His research focuses on educational attainment of migrants and ethnic minorities and quantitative research methods.

Efe K. Sözeri is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and his research fields are social and political remittances of migrants and ethnic minorities.

Niels Spierings is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. His fields of interest are Islam, Middle East, economic and political participation and gender inequality.