1 Rethinking settlement and integration
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Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska
Abstract
Chapter 1 includes a critical review of the theoretical field and the established concepts in migration studies such as integration, identity and settlement, arguing that they are insufficient to conceptualise the adaptation and settling processes among contemporary migrants. This chapter crosses disciplines in order to better understand the studied processes, particularly highlighting previously underestimated psychological contributions that strongly informed the approach presented in the monograph. These contributions include the selected theories of acculturation and adaptation, Maslow’s theory of needs, Ager and Strang’s (2008) framework for integration and the conservation of resources theory by Hobfoll (2001). Chapter 1 develops the argument referring, on the one hand, to such notions as individualisation, social cohesion, transnationalism, superdiversity, and on the other hand to more specific concepts trying to conceptualise the process of migrants’ adaptation and settling such as belonging, emplacement, embedding.
Abstract
Chapter 1 includes a critical review of the theoretical field and the established concepts in migration studies such as integration, identity and settlement, arguing that they are insufficient to conceptualise the adaptation and settling processes among contemporary migrants. This chapter crosses disciplines in order to better understand the studied processes, particularly highlighting previously underestimated psychological contributions that strongly informed the approach presented in the monograph. These contributions include the selected theories of acculturation and adaptation, Maslow’s theory of needs, Ager and Strang’s (2008) framework for integration and the conservation of resources theory by Hobfoll (2001). Chapter 1 develops the argument referring, on the one hand, to such notions as individualisation, social cohesion, transnationalism, superdiversity, and on the other hand to more specific concepts trying to conceptualise the process of migrants’ adaptation and settling such as belonging, emplacement, embedding.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Figures viii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Rethinking settlement and integration 10
- 2 Developing the concept of anchoring 24
- 3 Researching migrants’ anchoring 34
- 4 From mobility to anchoring 44
- 5 Anchored not rooted 73
- 6 Towards a general model of migrants’ anchoring 101
- 7 Insecurities, constraints and inequalities in anchoring 134
- Conclusions 149
- Appendix 153
- References 163
- Index 185
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Figures viii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Rethinking settlement and integration 10
- 2 Developing the concept of anchoring 24
- 3 Researching migrants’ anchoring 34
- 4 From mobility to anchoring 44
- 5 Anchored not rooted 73
- 6 Towards a general model of migrants’ anchoring 101
- 7 Insecurities, constraints and inequalities in anchoring 134
- Conclusions 149
- Appendix 153
- References 163
- Index 185
