Consonant and Dissonant Experiences—Young Migrants’ Un-derstandings of Integration: A Cross-Country Comparison between Germany, Luxembourg, and Norway.

Biaback Anong, Dorothea; Skrobanek, Jan; Wagner, Leonie; Nienaber, Birte

doi:10.3390/socsci12020078

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	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Human geography & demography Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Social work & social policy
	Focus Areas :	Migration and Inclusive Societies
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/54311

Title :	Consonant and Dissonant Experiences—Young Migrants’ Un-derstandings of Integration: A Cross-Country Comparison between Germany, Luxembourg, and Norway.
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Biaback Anong, Dorothea [HAWK]
	Skrobanek, Jan [University of Bergen]
	Wagner, Leonie [HAWK]
	Nienaber, Birte [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO) >]
Publication date :	31-Jan-2023
Journal title :	Social Sciences
Publisher :	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Volume :	12
Special issue title :	The Lives of TCN Migrant Youth in Europe between Perceived Vulnerabilities and Resources
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
e-ISSN :	2076-0760
City :	Basel
Country :	Switzerland
Keywords :	[en] young migrants ; understandings ; integration ; assimilation
Abstract :	[en] Our article addresses two aspects of young migrants’ understandings of integration: their own ideas of what integration is, and their perception of the destination society’s concepts and expectations regarding their integration. We analyze qualitative interviews which were conducted in the Horizon 2020 project MIMY, in Germany, Luxembourg and Norway, using the grounded theory methodology. Our exploration shows that the young migrants’ awareness of the existing ideas of integration surrounding them creates a complex reflective interaction between their own ideas and the (perceived) expectations from society. We identified aspects of consonance, where young migrants’ ideas coincide with the expectations they perceive. More importantly, however, our research has discovered that the youth experience tensions and dissonance between their own ideas of what integration should be and the concepts and expectations regarding integration they feel confronted with by society. Our analysis revealed that while young migrants’ understandings of integration are very close to state-of-the-art scientific conceptualizations of integration, this view is not matched by the meaning of integration they perceive around them.
Funders :	Horizon
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/54311
DOI :	10.3390/socsci12020078
Framework Programme / European Project :	H2020 ; 870700 - MIMY - EMpowerment through liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions

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