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Abstract
Enquiry into the factors which impact on ‘integration’ requires clarity on the nature of the integration processes in which individuals are engaged, the intersection of those processes and the factors that may affect their operation over time. Elaborating on debates among European scholars which conceptualise integration as a series of multi-directional, inter-active processes in related but separate domains, we use the term ‘effectors’ to explore five sets of factors which have been shown to facilitate or impede those processes, setting out a framework capable of empirical and comparative application. We demonstrate the utility of this model in a case study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (2013–2015) exploring the impact of transnational marriages in the UK, illustrating the conceptual and empirical value of the model when investigating the complexity of the factors involved in shaping the outcomes of integration processes. The model is illustrated in diagrammatic form. The case study in turn informs the model, highlighting the relevance of family and life-course events within an understanding of the full range of factors impacting on the integration processes in which individuals are engaged.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 18 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Comparative Migration Studies |
Volume | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Oct 2016 |
Structured keywords
- Migration Mobilities Bristol
- Integration
- Marriage
- Migration
- SPAIS Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship
Keywords
- Integration
- Marriage
- Migrants
- Policy
- Research Methods
- family
- gender
- transnational
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Projects
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Marriage Migration and Integration
Charsley, K. A. H. & Bolognani, M.
1/09/13 → 1/07/16
Project: Research
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Profiles
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Professor Katharine A H Charsley
- School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies - Professor of Migration Studies
- SPAIS Gender Research Centre
- Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship
Person: Academic , Member