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European countries are becoming increasingly politically integrated and the process of integration has accelerated in …
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the role of identity for the analysis of a contemporary society and reasons why the concept of identity is so problematic … are examined. Afterwards the problem of relationship between identity, on the one hand, and integration as well as social …). The proposed approach provides an opportunity to integrate the issues of identity, adaptation and integration as well as …
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The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....
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This article aims to establish how Muslim identities in Germany have been constructed by others and how they differ from realities. Muslim communities have often been viewed with suspicion by majority ethnic groups in European nation states, but even more so since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in...
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We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using the German Socio-Economic Panel, a longitudinal dataset including information on both the economic and non-economic conditions of the respondents. We find that the more...
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; but that that there are variations in identity acculturation across minority groups and by generation. We also show that …
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We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...
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