Parallel Lives Revisited

Mediterranean Guest Workers and their Families at Work and in the Neighbourhood, 1960-1980
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78533-778-9
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 479 g

Originally coined in 2001 in a report on racial tensions in the United Kingdom, the concept of “parallel lives” has become familiar in the European discourse on immigrant integration. There, it refers to what is perceived as the segregation of immigrant populations from the rest of society. However, the historical roots of this presumed segregation are rarely the focus of discussion. Combining quantitative analysis, archival research, and over one hundred oral history interviews, Parallel Lives Revisited explores the lives of immigrants from six Mediterranean countries in a postwar Belgian city to provide a fascinating account of how their experiences of integration have changed at work and in their neighborhoods across two decades.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bock, Jozefien de

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Leo Lucassen

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Postwar Migration to the City of Ghent

Chapter 2. Integration Processes of Immigrants in the Local Labour Market and the Workplace

Chapter 3. Immigrant Workers’ Relations with Colleagues and Employers

Chapter 4. Integration Processes of Immigrants in the Local Housing Market and the Neighbourhood

Chapter 5. Immigrants’ Social Relations with Neighbours

Conclusion

Quantitative appendix

List of interviews

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bock, Jozefien de
Jozefien De Bock is currently a Fulbright postdoctoral scholar at Clemson University, studying workplace desegregation and race relations in the US South. She has published her work in such journals as the Journal of Belgian History, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Jozefien De Bock is currently a Fulbright postdoctoral scholar at Clemson University, studying workplace desegregation and race relations in the US South. She has published her work in such journals as the Journal of Belgian History, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.