'We do things together': exploring a household perspective on early integration processes of recent refugees

被引:1
作者
Klok, Jolien [1 ,3 ]
Dagevos, Jaco [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Erasmus Univ, Erasmus Sch Social & Behav Sci, Dept Publ Adm & Sociol, Rotterdam, Netherlands
[2] Netherlands Inst Social Res, Program Representat & Trust, The Hague, Netherlands
[3] Wageningen Univ & Res, Rural Sociol Social Sci Grp, Wageningen, Netherlands
关键词
Integration; refugees; embeddedness; FIM; households; POLISH MIGRANTS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; FAMILY; MIGRATION; TIES; DYNAMICS; EMBEDDEDNESS; EXPERIENCES; RECIPROCITY; IMMIGRANTS;
D O I
10.1080/1369183X.2022.2156328
中图分类号
C921 [人口统计学];
学科分类号
摘要
People are not isolated, but embedded in ongoing social networks of which the household is a crucial one. Yet, integration trajectories and outcomes are often measured and evaluated on the individual level. To nuance previous research' preoccupation with a somewhat disconnected individual, we explore a household perspective to better understand early integration trajectories. We depart from the idea that refugees regard their direct families extremely important in early settlement times and employ the notion of embeddedness and the Family Investment Model to guide this investigation. Based on qualitative work among recent Syrian refugees to the Netherlands, we showcase four particular stories that reveal that individual integration trajectories are (also) the product of the households in which these are embedded as individuals exchange integration goals among each other and view integration as a joint venture of all household members. A household perspective succeeds to uncover important mechanisms in integration processes, most notably the fact that the expectations and ambitions that refugees set for themselves and their families is an important driver of individual integration trajectories. We conclude that the integration of individuals needs to be considered more often in the context of households in order to better understand and support them.
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页码:4333 / 4351
页数:19
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