Full Description
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 immigrants need to adapt to the dominant culture before they are able to fully participate in socio-economic life, or whether as they participate in socio-economic life they will gradually adapt to the dominant culture. Based primarily on quantitative research, the authors unravel the complex interrelationship between cultural and socio-economic integration. They explore some of the barriers to entry into Dutch society and discuss questions of ethnic identification, parenting, educational achievement and the labour market. Since contextual factors clearly affect integration, the study also looks at the effects of migrant policies and immigration policies in different West European countries and examines social distance from immigrant groups by the native Dutch population.
Contents
Cultural orientation and socio-economic integration of immigrants in the Netherlands, Louk Hagendoorn, Justus Veenman and Wilma Vollebergh; Migration and immigrant policy, immigrants from Turkey and their participation in the labour market - an international comparison, Philip Muus; Why the Dutch maintain more social distance from some ethnic minorities than from others - a model explaining the ethnic hierarchy, Jose Pepels and Louk Hagendoorn; Myths and realities of diversity in parenting and parent-child relations - Non-indigenous compared to indigenous families in the Netherlands, Trees Pels and Cecile Nijsten; Child-rearing and development in Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan families in the Netherlands, Annerieke Oosterwegel, Wilma Vollebergh, Trees Pels and Cecile Nijsten; Normative orientation and academic achievement in a school context, Maykel Verkuyten and Kadir Canatan; Nominative orientation, acculturation and school success of Turkish pupils, Karen Phalet; The ethnic-cultural and socio-economic position of minority groups in the Netherlands, Arend Ode and Justus Veenman; The cultural integration of immigrants in the Netherlands - a description and explanation of modern attitudes of Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese, Antilleans and the indigenous population, Wilfred Uunk; Integration and assimilation of migrants in the Netherlands - Conclusions, Justus Veenman and Wilma Vollebergh.
