Childhood and Migration in Europe

Portraits of Mobility, Identity and Belonging in Contemporary Ireland
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-25444-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

Reihe: Studies in Migration and Diaspora

Childhood and Migration in Europe explores the under-researched and often misunderstood worlds of migrant children and young people, drawing on extensive empirical research with children and young people from diverse migrant backgrounds living in a rapidly changing European society.  Through in-depth exploration and analysis of the experiences of children who moved to Ireland in the first decade of the 21st century, it addresses the tendency of migration research and policy to overlook the presence of children in migratory flows.    Challenging dominant adult-centric perspectives on contemporary global migration flows and presenting understandings of the lives of migrant children and young people from their own experiences, this book presents a detailed exploration of children's lives in four different migrant populations in Ireland.  With a unique comparative perspective, Childhood and Migration in Europe advances upon current conceptualisations of migration and integration by interrogating accepted views of migrant children and focusing on children's own voices and experiences. It challenges the prevailing assimilationist discourses underlying much existing research and policy, which often construct migrant children as deficient in different ways and in need of 'being integrated'.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laoire, Caitríona Ní

Carpena-Méndez, Fina

White, Allen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Authors; Series Editor’s Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Migrant Childhoods in Ireland; Chapter 3 Multiple Belongings; Chapter 4 From East to West; Chapter 5 In and Out of Ireland; Chapter 6 Children of the Diaspora; Chapter 7 Conclusions;

Über Autor(innen)

CaitrÃona NÃ Laoire is Research Coordinator at the Institute for Social Sciences in the 21st Century at University College Cork, Ireland Fina Carpena-Mendez is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Oregon State University, USA Naomi Tyrrell is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Plymouth, UK Allen White is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Geography, University College Cork, Ireland