1st Edition

Integrating Immigrants in the Netherlands Cultural Versus Socio-Economic Integration

Edited By Wilma Vollebergh, Justus Veenman, Louk Hagendoorn Copyright 2003
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2003. Using a behaviourist and quantitative approach, this study examines the vexed questions surrounding the economic and cultural integration of immigrants into the Netherlands. The authors use the Dutch case as a specific example of a wider European problem. The book examines the two opposing theoretical and political points of view on integration, whether... Read more
Introduction Cultural Orientation and Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants in the Netherlands; 1: An International Comparison of Migration and Immigrant Policy with Respect to Immigrants from Turkey and their Participation in the Labour Market; 2: Why the Dutch Maintain More Social Distance from Some Ethnic Minorities than Others: A Model Explaining the Ethnic Hierarchy; 3: Myths and Realities of Diversity in Parenting and Parent—Child Relations: A Comparison of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Families in the Netherlands; 4: Parenting and Adolescent Development in Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan Families in the Netherlands; 5: Normative Orientation and Academic Achievement in a School Context; 6: Acculturation, Motivation and Educational Attainment: A Contextual Model of Minority School Achievement; 7: The Ethno-Cultural and Socio-Economic Position of Ethnic Minority Groups in the Netherlands; 8: The Cultural Integration of Immigrants in the Netherlands: A Description and Explanation of Modern Attitudes of Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese, Antilleans and the Indigenous Population; Conclusion Some Conclusions on the Integration of Immigrants in the Netherlands

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Wilma Vollebergh, Justus Veenman, Louk Hagendoorn