Youth Transitions among Descendants of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam and Strasbourg : : A Generation in Transition.

• Superior document: IMISCOE Research Series
• Author: Keskiner, Elif.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; ©2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IMISCOE Research Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (157 pages)

Table of Contents

Youth Transitions among Descendants of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam and Strasbourg: -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Youth Transitions of Descendants of Turkish Immigrants -- 1.1 Youth Transitions -- 1.2 Conceptual Tools of the Study -- 1.2.1 Social Class: Parents' Forms of Capital -- 1.2.2 Social Class in the Making: Developing Forms of Capital Along Social Trajectories -- 1.2.3 Gendered Transitions -- 1.2.4 The Role of Ethnicity -- 1.3 Case Selection and Methodology -- 1.4 Data Collection and Research Techniques -- 1.4.1 Quantitative Data: The TIES Survey, Sampling and Research Design -- 1.4.2 Qualitative Fieldwork: In-depth Interviews in Amsterdam and Strasbourg -- References -- Chapter 2: Prolonged Transitions: Early Tracking and Its Implications for Transitions -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Stratification in Education Systems -- 2.2.1 Streaming in the Dutch Education System (TIES Data Analysis) -- 2.2.2 Streaming in the French Education System (TIES Data Analysis) -- 2.2.3 Comparative Analysis of the Dutch and French Education Systems -- 2.3 Transition Experience in Amsterdam and Strasbourg -- 2.3.1 Merit and Cultural Capital of the Parents -- 2.3.2 Teachers as 'Significant Others' -- 2.4 Social Trajectories and Habitus -- Experiences of Respondents in a Given Track and How the Track Shapes Them -- 2.5 Conclusion: Pre-conditioned Youth Transitions and the Role of Parents -- References -- Chapter 3: Blurring of the Transition Point: Combining Work and Study -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Structural Contexts for Student Employment in the Netherlands and France from 2005 to 2009 -- 3.2.1 Labour Market Contexts -- 3.2.2 Student Finance Systems -- 3.2.3 Education System and Labour Market -- 3.3 Work-Study Combination in Amsterdam and Strasbourg -- 3.3.1 Nature of Student Employment.

3.3.2 Financial Motivations to Work in Amsterdam and Strasbourg -- 3.3.3 The Role of Family Support and Students' Educational Capital in Choice of Part-Time Jobs in Amsterdam and Strasbourg -- 3.4 Conclusion: Implications of Work and Study Combinations -- References -- Chapter 4: Transition Decisions: Intersections of Social Class, Gender and Ethnicity -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Institutional Structures -- 4.2.1 Educational Credentials -- 4.2.2 Labour Market Structure -- 4.3 Making the Transition -- 4.3.1 Educational Outcomes of School Leavers in TIES Survey -- 4.3.2 Transition Pathways: Insights from the Detailed Respondent Biographies -- Early School Leavers -- Early School Leavers in Amsterdam -- Early School Leavers in Strasbourg -- Post-secondary Vocational Graduates -- Post-secondary Vocational Education Graduates in Amsterdam -- Post-secondary Vocational Education Graduates in Strasbourg -- Post-secondary Academic Education Graduates -- Higher Education Graduates -- Academic Track Students' Experiences of Higher Education and Beyond: Prolongation Practice -- Vocational Track Students' Experiences of Higher Education and Beyond: Prolongation Practice -- 4.4 Conclusion: Gendered Pathways and the Role of Family Support -- References -- Chapter 5: A Typology of Transition Trajectories -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Transition Typologies in Previous Studies -- 5.3 A New Transition Typology -- 5.3.1 Choice of Indicators -- 5.3.2 Active Transition Trajectories -- 5.3.3 Inactive Transition Trajectories -- 5.3.4 Distributions of the Latent Classes by Immigrant Background, Gender, Education Level, Age and Job Status -- 5.4 Refining the Transition Typologies: Qualitative Profiles -- 5.4.1 Early Stable and Stable Transitions -- Early Stable Transitions: Tülin, 25, Doctor's Assistant in a GP's Office, Amsterdam.

Stable Transition: Deniz, 28, Administrative Worker in a Notary's Office, Strasbourg -- 5.4.2 Shifting Rather Than In-transition or Stagnant Transitions: "It's Easy to Find a Job -- It's Hard to Find a Good Job" -- Shifting Transition: Cengiz, 28, Plumber, Strasbourg -- Stagnant/In-transition/Shifting Transition: Emre, 25, Unemployed, Amsterdam -- 5.4.3 Inactive Transition Trajectories -- Inactive: Kader, 26, Homemaker, Strasbourg -- 5.5 Conclusion: Stable versus Shifting Transitions Among Descendants of Migrants from Turkey -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Developing Forms of Capital in Youth Transitions -- 6.1 Developing Forms of Capital Throughout the Transition Process -- 6.2 The Intersections of Social Class, Gender and Ethnicity in Youth Transitions -- 6.3 Comparative Research Design: Amsterdam and Strasbourg -- 6.4 Possible Future Avenues of Research and Policy Implications -- References -- Correction to: Youth Transitions among Descendants of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam and Strasbourg: -- Correction to: E. Keskiner, Youth Transitions among Descendants of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam and Strasbourg:, IMISCOE Research Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11790-0.