Analysis of text on transnationalism and integration

11 Maio 2022, 13:00 • Jennifer Leigh Mcgarrigle Montezuma de Carvalho

Marta Bivand Erdal (2013) Migrant Transnationalism and Multi-Layered Integration: Norwegian-Pakistani Migrants' Own Reflections, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39:6, 983-999, DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.765665 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.765665

 

Questions to explore the text

 

1. What are the two paradigms regarding migration (how are they defined)?

2. What is “state integrationism” in the context of Norway?

3. What is the reasons underpinning the eventual conflict between migrant integration and transnationalism?

4. How is migrant integration often measured / assessed / evaluated?

5. What are the results of quantitative studies focusing on migrants’ integration and migrants’ transnational activities?

6. What is the dual fashion of understanding integration (according to the opinion of migrants)? How does migration background influence migrants’ feelings on socio-cultural integration/belonging?

7. Why is for migrants the implication of a predominantly national perspective of integration a challenge? What is the alternative?