Situating Children of Migrants Across Borders and Origins : : A Methodological Overview.

• Superior document: Life Course Research and Social Policies Series ; v.7
• Author: Bolzman, Claudio.
• TeilnehmendeR: Bernardi, Laura.; Le Goff, Jean-Marie.
• Place / Publishing House: Dordrecht : : Springer Netherlands,, 2017.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Life Course Research and Social Policies Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Blurb Text -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Situating Children of Migrants Across Borders and Origins -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Comparison as a Key Methodological Tool and a Challenging Perspective in the Study of the Children of Migrants -- 1.2.1 Children of Immigrants: A Challenging Definition -- 1.2.2 Comparative Designs -- 1.3 Life Course Perspective and Mixed-Methods Approaches in the Study of Children of Migrants -- 1.3.1 The Life Course Paradigm -- 1.3.2 Life Course Designs -- 1.3.3 Data Collection to Analyze the Life Courses of Children of Migrants -- 1.4 The Biography and Identity of Second-Generation Residents as a Negotiation Process -- 1.5 Transnational Approach and the Second Generation: Beyond Methodological Nationalism -- 1.5.1 Beyond Methodological Nationalism -- 1.5.2 Transnational Designs -- 1.6 Future Research -- References -- Part I: Comparison as Key Methodological Tool and Challenging Perspective in the Study of the Children of Migrants -- Chapter 2: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't: The Challenges of Including and Comparing the Children of Immigrants in European Survey Data -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Defining the Children of Immigrants in Survey Data: Who Are We Talking About? -- 2.3 Levels of Analysis -- 2.4 Benchmarking the Comparisons -- 2.4.1 The Majority/Minority Dichotomy -- 2.4.2 Intergenerational Comparisons -- 2.4.3 Comparisons Between and Within Groups -- 2.5 Choices and Their Implications for Research -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Risk Factors of Labor-Market Insertion for Children of Immigrants in Switzerland -- 3.1 Background and Research Questions -- 3.1.1 Second-Generation Residents' Access to the Labor Market -- 3.1.2 Second-Generation Residents in Switzerland -- 3.1.3 Research Questions -- 3.2 Data and Methods -- 3.2.1 Data -- 3.2.2 Sample -- 3.2.3 Variables.

3.2.3.1 Dependent Variable -- 3.2.3.2 Independent Variables -- 3.2.3.3 Control Variables -- 3.2.4 Modeling -- 3.3 Results -- 3.3.1 Comments on Control Variables -- 3.3.2 Comparison of First- and Second-Generation Residents and Swiss Natives -- 3.3.3 Impact of Father's Educational Level on Unemployment -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The Presence of a Third Person in Face-to-­Face Interviews with Immigrant Descendants: Patterns, Determinants, and Effects -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.2.1 Patterns and Determinants of Third-Party Presence -- 4.2.2 Effects of Third-Party Presence -- 4.2.3 The Role of Immigrant Status -- 4.3 Data, Variables, and Method -- 4.4 Descriptive Findings -- 4.5 Multivariate Results -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Life Course Perspective and Mixed- Methods Approaches in the Study of Children of Migrants -- Chapter 5: Analyzing Second-Generation Trajectories from a Life Course Approach: What Mixed Methods Can Offer -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations from the Perspective of Migration Research -- 5.2.1 Bringing the Life Course Perspective into Migration Research -- 5.2.2 Methodological Approaches for the Analysis of Life Trajectories -- 5.2.3 Cross-National Comparison and the Role of Institutional Arrangements -- 5.3 A French-German Comparative Research Applying Mixed-Methods -- 5.3.1 Methodological Approach -- 5.3.2 Selected Results -- 5.3.3 Benefits and Limitations -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Intergenerational Relationships in Migrant Families. Theoretical and Methodological Issues -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Description of Immigrants and Retirement Survey -- 6.3 Qualitative and Comparative Study -- 6.3.1 Research Methods of the Comparative Study -- 6.4 Theoretical and Empirical Issues on Migrant Intergenerational Relationships.

6.5 Identity Transmission and Reconstruction from One Generation to the Other -- 6.6 Transmigration and Ageing -- 6.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: Using a Cohort Survey to Track the Entry into Adult Life of Young People from Immigrant Backgrounds -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 A Cohort Survey to Determine the Future of Young People of Immigrant Background -- 7.3 A Mixed Qualitative and Quantitative Approach -- 7.3.1 A Sociology of Social Pathways -- 7.3.2 From One Survey Technique to the Other and Back Again -- 7.4 A Typology of Pathways to Professional Integration Amongst the Cohort -- 7.4.1 The Excluded: Between Hardship and Rejection of and by the World of Work -- 7.4.2 The Invisible Proletarians: Between Professional Stability and Neighborhood Life -- 7.4.3 The Emancipating Proletarians: Drawing on Coping Mechanisms -- 7.4.4 The Precarious Intellectuals: The Desire for Upward Mobility -- 7.4.5 The Securely Employed: A Successful Integration into Employment -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Combining In-Depth Biographical Interviews with the LIVES History Calendar in Studying the Life Course of Children of Immigrants -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Historical Development and Common Points of the Biographical Approach and the Life Course Perspective -- 8.3 The In-Depth Biographical Interview -- 8.4 The LIVES History Calendar -- 8.5 Empirical Application: The Study of the Transition from Youth to Adulthood Among the Children of Albanian-Speaking Immigrants in Switzerland -- 8.5.1 The Interview Guidelines -- 8.5.2 Testing the Combination of the LIVES History Calendar and the In-Depth Biographical Interview -- 8.6 Contributions and Further Applications -- References -- Chapter 9: Participatory Qualitative Methodology: A Promising Pathway for the Study of Intergenerational Relations Within Migrant Families.

9.1 Introduction: Towards a Complex Methodological Approach -- 9.2 The Major Trends in Qualitative Research -- 9.3 Research on Intergenerational and Family Dynamics in the Context of Migration: A Conceptual Frame to Outline the Methodological Pathway -- 9.4 Epistemological Foundations for a Methodological Approach -- 9.5 Critical Profile of the Data Collection Tools and Analytical Approach -- 9.5.1 The Fieldwork -- 9.5.2 Tools for the Collection and Synthesis of Data -- 9.5.3 Data Analysis: Dialoguing with the Actors -- 9.6 Interpretation Through Participation and Meaning -- 9.7 Intergenerational Research in a Migration Situation: Increasing Participatory Projects -- References -- Part III: The Biography and the Identity of Immigrant Descendants as a Negotiation Process -- Chapter 10: Studying Second-Generation Transitions into Adulthood in Switzerland: A Biographical Approach -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Biographical Research Perspective: Interests and Implications -- 10.2.1 Biography and Inequality During Adolescence -- 10.2.2 Making Autobiographical Narratives an Object of Investigation -- 10.3 Design and Methodological Approach in the EMMEN Study -- 10.3.1 Sample and Survey Design -- 10.3.2 Capturing and Interpreting Social Relationships in Biographical Research -- 10.3.3 Biographical Research in a Longitudinal Design: Case Reconstructions Spanning Two Points of Observation -- 10.4 Analyzing Autobiographical Narratives: An Example -- 10.4.1 Blerim's Biography -- 10.4.1.1 Processes of Exclusion and Self-Exclusion -- 10.4.1.2 Critical Years - Diminishing Opportunities and Loss of Agency -- 10.4.1.3 Resources from Within the Community -- 10.4.1.4 Increasing Autonomy -- 10.4.2 Summary -- 10.4.3 Cross-Case Analysis Beyond Blerim -- 10.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: National Identity and the Integration of the Children of Immigrants.

11.1 Debate on the Subject -- 11.2 New Understanding and Treatment of the Issue of National Identity: Identity as a Value Linked to a Context -- 11.3 Methodology -- 11.4 Key Findings of the Study -- 11.4.1 The Prevalence of National Self-Identity During the School Stage -- 11.4.2 School Outcomes and Relationship with Peers: Key Issues in the Transition from Adolescent to Adult Identities -- 11.4.3 Self-Image and Negotiation of Identity -- 11.4.4 Children of Immigrants' Ethnic Identity and Leaving the Family Home -- 11.5 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Part IV: Transnational Approach and Children of Migrants: Beyond Methodological Nationalism -- Chapter 12: Beyond Home and Return: Negotiating Religious Identity Across Time and Space Through the Prism of the American Experience -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Theoretical Debates -- 12.3 Transnational Moral Geographies? -- 12.3.1 American-Centric -- 12.3.2 Indian-Centric -- 12.3.3 Global-Secular -- 12.3.4 Global-Religious -- 12.4 Religious Identities in an American Cultural Context -- 12.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: Following People, Visiting Places, and Reconstructing Networks. Researching the Spanish Second Generation in Switzerland -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The Research Strategy -- 13.2.1 Phase 1: Collecting Transnational Biographies -- 13.2.2 Phase 2: Identifying Important People and Places -- 13.2.3 Phase 3: Meeting People and Visiting Places in Spain -- 13.2.4 Phase 4: Drawing Transnational Social Spaces -- 13.3 Major Results -- References -- Chapter 14: Mapping Transnational Networks of Care from a Multi-actor and Multi-sited Perspective -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Background and Methods -- 14.3 Findings -- 14.3.1 Perceptions of Care Within a Transnational Child Raising Arrangement -- 14.3.2 Understanding How Transnational Child Care Functions.

14.3.3 Giving Children and Youth a Voice.