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Book SynopsisMigrants’ minority and majority identity are controversial political topics, offering insights into challenges of integration and social cohesion. Based on a two-dimensional model of ethnic identity, the book asks about the role of social status for migrants’ identification with their origin group and the majority population. It focuses on intergenerational differences, migrant visibility, status mismatch, and exposure in the receiving country. Results reveal forms of ethnic identity beyond the classical assumption of mutual exclusiveness, which suggests minority identity among status-lower, and majority identity among status-higher migrants.
Table of ContentsFrom the Contents I INTRODUCTION 1 The notion of ethnic identity 2 Studying ethnic identity 3 The role of status 4 Research interest 5 Outline of this book II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 6 The two building blocks of social production function theory 6.1 Resources, goals, needs and utility: The hierarchy of social production functions 6.2 Maintaining and improving personal need satisfaction 7 Social production functions and context 8 A general model to explain migrants’ ethnic identity 8.1 Individual resources 8.2 Contexts and their conditions 8.3 Need satisfaction of first- and second-generation migrants 8.4 Five underlying mechanisms of ethnic identification 8.5 Explaining migrants’ ethnic identity 9 Summary III DATA 10 The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) 10.1 Starting cohort (SC) 6 10.2 The sample IV EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION 11 A short note on multinomial logistic regression analysis 12 Analysis 1: Status and ethnic identity: The role of generation status and migrant recognisability 12.1 An intergenerational perspective on status and ethnic identity 12.2 The role of migrant recognisability 12.3 Model specification and analytical strategy 12.4 Findings 12.5 Discussion 13 Analysis 2: Status mismatch and ethnic identity 13.1 Theoretical considerations and expectations 13.2 Model specification and analytical strategy 13.3 Findings 13.4 Discussion 14 Analysis 3: Exposure time, ethnic identity and the role of status 14.1 An intergenerational perspective on exposure time and ethnic identity 14.2 Cumulative (dis)advantages? Identity differences between lower- and higher-status migrants over exposure time 14.3 Model specification and analytical strategy 14.4 Findings 14.5 Discussion V CONCLUDING REMARKS 15 Limitations 16 Main results 17 Future avenues REFERENCES APPENDIX A Variable overview a. Dependent variable b. Explaining variables c. Other variables d. Dealing with missingness: Multiple imputation with chained equations B Additional analyses
