Overview
- Uniquely compares immigration policies and integration in Canada and Turkey
- Offers a counterargument to the growing trend for restrictive immigration policies
- Uses Axel Honneth's theory of recognition to consider policies surrounding the integration of immigrants
Part of the book series: International Political Theory (IPoT)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Theory of Just Integration
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Front Matter
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Case Studies: Application of the Just Integration Theory
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- democratic justice
- Integration of Immigrants in Canada
- Theory of Recognition
- international political theory
- Axel Honnerth's recognition theory
- social cohesion in Canada
- immigration and political sociology
- Integration of Immigrants in Turkey
- social cohesion in Turkey
- immigration assimilation
- host societites and integration of immigrants
- multiculturalism in Canada
- multiculturalism in Turkey
- immigrant adaptation in Turkey
- immigrant adaptation in Canada
- social diversity in Turkey
- social diversity in Canada
- citizenship
About this book
This book approaches the issue of immigrant integration as a democratic justice problem. Based on Honneth’s recognition theory, it introduces the concept of ‘Just Integration’, which challenges the capacity of the actual recognition order of the host society to include its immigrants as full members. The study criticizes the current political obsession to restore the social cohesion of the host society in the face of immigration. It argues that this perception inhibits host societies from recognizing their immigrants as individuals who have authentic skills, qualifications and identities in addition to their ethnic, cultural and religious attachments. The author applies the concept of ‘Just Integration’ to the real pathologies that immigrants/refugees suffer in Canada and Turkey, providing guidelines for progress towards better integration of immigrants within host societies and institutions.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Gulay Ugur Goksel is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey. She gained her Ph.D. degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. She is currently working on research projects on the integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Integration of Immigrants and the Theory of Recognition
Book Subtitle: 'Just Integration'
Authors: Gulay Ugur Goksel
Series Title: International Political Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65843-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65842-1Published: 08 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88114-0Published: 24 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65843-8Published: 24 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-6039
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6047
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 182
Topics: Political Theory, Citizenship, Political Sociology