Educational Mobility of Second-generation Turks: Cross-national Perspectives: 0 (IMISCOE Research) - Hardcover

Schnell, Philipp

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9089646515 ISBN 13: 9789089646514

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

This volume investigates educational inequalities among children of Turkish immigrants in Austria, France, and Sweden. One of the largest immigrant groups in these countries, Turks nonetheless face discrimination and limited opportunities, and this study shows how those problems play out in education. One of its key findings is that systems that provide more favorable institutional arrangements lead to greater economic mobility in the second generation. Definitive study that looks into the variations of education mobility of second-generation Turks living in France, Austria and Sweden.

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About the Author

Philipp Schnell is a Post-Doctoral researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and affiliated researcher at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies.

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This volume investigates educational inequalities among children of Turkish immigrants in Austria, France, and Sweden. One of the largest immigrant groups in these countries, Turks nonetheless face discrimination and limited opportunities, and this study shows how those problems play out in education. One of its key findings is that systems that provide more favorable institutional arrangements lead to greater economic mobility in the second generation.

-Philipp Schnell is a Post-Doctoral researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and affiliated researcher at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9089646515
• ISBN 13: 9789089646514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272