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Friday 17 April 2015 09:00 - 10:30
ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
concept of a multi-step purposive mixed methods sampling (PMMS) based on a combination of process produced
administrative records and qualitative interview data. We apply this approach to a labour market policy implementation
study. We demonstrate the added value of PMMS by showing how we chose 8 out of 156 employment agencies in
Germany for further in-depth interviewing. In a final step, sharpen our argument by contrasting it to theoretical
sampling strategies known from grounded theory research.
Race, Ethnicity and Migration 1
ROUNDTABLE 13, CONFERENCE HALL, HAMISH WOOD BUILDING
DIASPORA, MIGRATION AND TRANSNATIONALISM SUB-STREAM: IMMIGRATION, INTEGRATION AND
EXCLUSION ROUNDTABLE
Reading the Race in Belgium: The Congolese (RDC) Diaspora in the Former Colonial Metropole
Demart, S.
(CEDEM)
The integration of immigrants and their offspring is one of the major challenges facing Belgian society. Like other
societies in the northern hemisphere, Belgian society is now characterised by 'super-diversity' (Vertovec 2007). In
comparison with other OECD countries, Belgium seems to face particular difficulties with regards to the integration of
its immigrants and their offspring in the fields of access to employment, private housing and education. Stemed from
discriminatory practices (Economic and Social Council 2006) these problems constitute however the blind spot of the
academy.
In this paper, I would like to consider the racial issues with regards to the Congolese community in Belgium, the
former colonial metropole. Nowadays, three generations of Congolese Belgians make up a community that shows a
paradoxical socioeconomic integration pattern, combining on average the highest level of education with the highest
level of unemployment in Belgian society (Schoonvaere, 2010). Despite an intense involvment of Congolese Belgians
in the academic, associative, political or artistic spheres, several variables point towards a particular postcolonial
racialization process. The absence of a public debate on the colonial history of Belgium suggests a link between the
marginalization of this group and the colonial legacy of the society that will be developped from a comprehensive
sociology and ten years of immersion within the Congolese circles.
Immigrant Integration in the British Press: A Corpus Approach
Lessard-Phillips, L.
(University of Manchester)
Immigration is a politically and socially relevant topic that is being increasingly debated in public arenas in the UK. Yet,
public opinion about immigrant integration in the UK is not as extensively explored. Recent research using
experiments to gauge public opinion on integration dimensions (Sobolewska et al, 2014) has shown that structural,
social, and cultural concerns seem to drive opinion on what constitutes a well-integrated immigrant. What remains to
be explored is where such opinions might have taken form. Given that the media is seen as an outlet for influencing
public opinion (McCombs and Shaw, 1972), a question following from this is whether the types of integration
discourses in the print media match that of the public's perceptions.
Using a Corpus Linguistics-based approach, this paper explores the language around issues of immigration in British
broadsheet newspapers over the last 15 years. In the first instance it seeks to explore the type of terminology that has
been used to inform the public about such issues, and its evolution. In the second instance, it will explore the
dimensions of integration that are most commonly found in such newspaper articles, in order to see whether
discourses of integration are linked to specific issues. Results from these analyses will be compared to previous work
on the dimensionality found in outcomes and public opinion research, as well as on the portrayal on immigrants in the
British press.
Dynamism, Co-option and Retrenchment: The Varying Experiences of French Voluntary Associations in
Implementing Multicultural Policies
Downing, J.
(London School of Economics and Political Science)
The very notion of contemporary societal transition is intimately linked to questions of migration, and religious and
ethnic difference. In this regard, few national contexts present a more difficult transition than France, beset with urban
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