Integrating immigrants in today's globalized society
The example of the Portuguese community in Germany
(Sprache: Englisch)
In the last fifty years, Germany has developed into an immigration society. Incities such as Hamburg and Bremen, the percentage of foreign born citizenshas reached almost 20% of the population. Politicians, sociologists and educatorsoften speak of the need...
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In the last fifty years, Germany has developed into an immigration society. Incities such as Hamburg and Bremen, the percentage of foreign born citizenshas reached almost 20% of the population. Politicians, sociologists and educatorsoften speak of the need for integration, yet claim that someimmigrants resist integrative processes and therefore need to be compelledto do so with various programs. However, the minorities living in Germanystate that no solid integration policy exists, causing an exodus of qualifiedyoung immigrants. But what exactly does integration mean?The present work discusses current acculturation attitudes between the Germanhost community and one of its immigrant groups, the Portuguese. Basedon an empirical study conducted with both German citizens and Portugueseimmigrants living in Hamburg, the following thesis attempts to define thefactors that would be conducive to the integration of these immigrants intoGerman society. Factors such as the amount of contact between the twogroups, everyday experiences, educational level and language proficiencywere taken into account when analyzing possible predictors for acculturation.
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In the last fifty years, Germany has developed into an immigration society. In cities such as Hamburg and Bremen, the percentage of foreign born citizens has reached almost 20% of the population. Politicians, sociologists and educators often speak of the need for integration, yet claim that some immigrants resist integrative processes and therefore need to be compelled to do so with various programs. However, the minorities living in Germany state that no solid integration policy exists, causing an exodus of qualified young immigrants. But what exactly does integration mean?The present work discusses current acculturation attitudes between the German host community and one of its immigrant groups, the Portuguese. Based on an empirical study conducted with both German citizens and Portuguese immigrants living in Hamburg, the following thesis attempts to define the factors that would be conducive to the integration of these immigrants into German society. Factors such as the amountof contact between the two groups, everyday experiences, educational level and language proficiency were taken into account when analyzing possible predictors for acculturation.
Autoren-Porträt von Joana da Silveira Duarte
Joana da Silveira Duarte,Master of Intercultural Education:Studied Philology and Education at the Universityof Lisbon. Invited assistant at the Department forIntercultural and Comparative EducationalSciences at the University of Hamburg, Germany.Ph.D. on bilingualism and school achievement.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Joana da Silveira Duarte
- 2007, 112 Seiten, Maße: 17,5 x 24,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
- ISBN-10: 3836424452
- ISBN-13: 9783836424455
Sprache:
Englisch
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