Marriage Migration and Integration

Draws on quantitative and qualitative data to compare transnational 'homeland' marriages with intra-ethnic marriages within the UK
Enhances understanding of the relationships between marriage-related migration and the complex processes covered by the term 'integration'

Provides new grounding for both policy and academic debates

Enhances understanding of the relationships between marriage-related migration and the complex processes covered by the term 'integration' Draws on quantitative and qualitative data to compare transnational 'homeland' marriages with intra-ethnic marriages within the UK Provides new grounding for both policy and academic debates

Auteur

Katharine Charsley is Professor of Migration Studies in the School for Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol, UK.

Marta Bolognani is an independent scholar, UK.

Evelyn Ersanilli is Senior Researcher at the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Sarah Spencer is Director of Strategy and Senior Fellow at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford, UK.

Résumé

"The book highlights the interconnection between social domains, as seen in the role of receiving families in channelling migrant spouses towards or away from employment. It also highlights the crucial role of temporal and life-course dimensions, which interact with policies affecting transnational couples in important ways - as with the migrant spouses barred from employment because their overseas qualifications are not recognized, whilst unable to convert their qualifications because of lack of access to student funding, combined with the costs of family-building." (Kaveri Qureshi, Ethnic and Racial Studies, June 16, 2020)

Contenu

1. Introduction: Marriage Migration and Integration.- 2. What is Integration?.- 3. Explaining British South Asian Transnational Marriage.- 4. Employment and Economic Wellbeing.- 5.Taking Part 1: Social Networks.- 6. Families, Households, Gender and Culture.- 7. Taking Part 2: Civic and Political Integration.- 8. Belonging.- 9. Conclusion.