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Social Engagement among Migrant Youth: Attitudes and Meanings
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Abstract This article explores migrant young people’s engagement, participation and involvement in socially meaningful activities, events and experiences. This type of social participation is approached in the social inclusion literature using the notions of social capital and active citizenship (Bourdieu, 1... mehr
This article explores migrant young people’s engagement, participation and involvement in socially meaningful activities, events and experiences. This type of social participation is approached in the social inclusion literature using the notions of social capital and active citizenship (Bourdieu, 1986; Coleman, 1988; Putnam, 1993; Putnam, 2000). A key objective, therefore, is to explore the attitudes, values and perceptions associated with social participation for young people. They include the meanings that social engagement has for migrant young people, along with drivers and inhibitions to active participation. The article focuses on both the motives for being actively engaged as well as perceived barriers to social engagement. It is based on a large study conducted among migrant young people of African, Arabic-speaking and Pacific Islander backgrounds in Melbourne and Brisbane, and presents both quantitative and qualitative (discursive) snapshots from the overall findings, based on interviews and focus groups. While many studies have centred on the management of migration and migrants, this article draws attention to the individuals’ active position in negotiating, interpreting and appropriating the conditions of social inclusion. Accounting for the multidimensional and multilayered nature of social inclusion, the paper highlights the heuristic role of social engagement in fostering the feelings of belonging and personal growth for migrant youth.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Jugendlicher; Migrant; bürgerschaftliches Engagement; soziale Partizipation; interkulturelle Kompetenz; soziale Beziehungen; soziale Integration; Sozialkapital; soziale Einstellung; Wertorientierung; soziales Netzwerk; Identitätsbildung; Empowerment; Australien
Klassifikation
Migration
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2014
Seitenangabe
S. 17-27
Zeitschriftentitel
Social Inclusion, 2 (2014) 2
Heftthema
Migrant Youth, Intercultural Relations and the Challenges of Social Inclusion
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)