Language, migration, and social mobility in Catalonia / edited by Amado Alarcón, Luis Garzón.

• Superior document: International studies in sociology and social anthropology, v. 121
• TeilnehmendeR: Alarcón, Amado.; Garzón, Luis.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 121.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (174 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book presents the results of a research on the integration of second generation migrants in Catalonia. Drawing on in-depth biographical interviews, we demonstrate the link between language and social mobility. Language is a particularly important social issue in Catalonia. A bilingual region in northeast Spain, Catalonia has been receiving foreign migration for several decades. Nowadays, some of the children of those migrants are entering the labor market. For many migrant families, providing social mobility for their children was one of their main goals. What effects does bilingualism have on the social trajectories of migrant children? Is Catalan important for social mobility? The book answers these questions focusing on the fate of three migrant communities: Argentineans, Colombians and Moroccans. El libro presenta los resultados de una investigación sobre la segunda generación de inmigrantes en Cataluña. Basado en entrevistas biográficas en profundidad, demostramos el vínculo entre lengua y movilidad social. La lengua es una cuestión particularmente importante en Cataluña. Una región bilingue en el nordeste de España, Cataluña ha estado recibiendo migración extranjera durante varias décadas. Actualmente, algunos de los hijos de esos inmigrantes están entrando en el mercado de trabajo. Para muchas familias inmigrantes, conseguir la movilidad social para sus hijos era uno de los principales objetivos. Que efectos tiene el bilinguismo en las trayectorias de los niños inmigrantes? El Catalán es importante para la movilidad social? El libro responde a estas preguntas centrandose en el destino de tres comunidades inmigrantes: Argentinos, Colombianos y Marroquies.

Table of Contents

Language and second generation in Catalonia / Amado Alarcon and Luis Garzon -- Social integration of migrants, language, and the second generation / Amado Alarcon and Luis Garzon -- Second generation Argentineans : between identity and mobilization / Luis Garzon -- Social mobility and the Catalan language : analysis of second generation -- Migrants from Colombia / Iskra Pavez Soto -- Second generation Moroccans in Catalonia : language, employment, and social -- Inclusion / Aitor Hernandez-Carr -- Evaluation of social mobility and language in context / Amado Alarcon and Luis Garzon -- Concluding remarks : the instrumental and symbolic dimensions of multilingualism in comparative perspective / Amado Alarcon and Luis Garzon.