Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewTurkish Berlin goes beyond the broad generalizations in immigrant integration debates by digging into what officials actually mean as they operationalize the term ‘integration’ and how the subjects of the resulting policy, Turkish-origin women in Berlin, understand the treatment they receive. Full of rich ethnographic material, this is a fine book that readers will ponder for a long time.—John Mollenkopf, author of Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age
"An interesting read and a good resource for urban studies and immigration studies."—Political Studies Review
"A unique contribution to scholarship on Berlin city space."—Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies
"A timely examination of the myriad issues shaping both immigrant experience and integration policy in Germany."—Oral History Review
Table of ContentsContents
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Babel Berlin, German Immigrant Capital
1. Integration or Exclusion? Understanding Turkish Immigration in Germany2. Talk of the Town: Space, Visibility, and the Contestation of German Identity3. Mein Block: The Neighborhood as a Site of Identity4. Location as Destiny: Integrating Kreuzberg and Neukölln
Conclusion: Learning from Immigrant Neighborhoods
AppendixesA. Zeynep’s and Bilge’s KreuzköllnB. Berlin SenateC. The Buschkowsky Administration’s 10-Point Integration Agenda for the District of Neukölln
NotesBibliographyIndex
