Immigrant Incorporation, Education, and the Boundaries of Belonging
Editors: Lund, Stefan (Ed.)
Free Preview- Draws on Jeffrey Alexander's work on civil sphere theory
- Includes interviews and ethnographic fieldwork on immigrant incorporation in Swedish schools
- Examines religiosity as a key point for constructing we-ness and otherness in the experiences of immigrant students in school
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- About this book
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In this edited volume, authors analyze how symbolic boundaries of belonging are negotiated and reflected upon by school actors in different educational contexts and how that contributes to a richer understanding of the ways in which "we-ness" acts as a fundamentally structuring force in immigrant incorporation. The analyses draw on cultural sociologist Jeffrey Alexander's work on civil sphere theory, thus grasping both the solidaristic dimensions of incorporation and processes of exclusion. Chapters are guided by two major themes: school choice/ethnic school segregation and religion/faith in schooling. Both of these themes provide rich examples of how immigrant school actors negotiate the symbolic codes that define boundaries of belonging/non-belonging in different communities. This focus will broaden the understanding of how educational practices and formal schooling works in relation to immigrant incorporation into different school cultures, as well as in the Swedish civil sphere.
- About the authors
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Stefan Lund is Associate Professor of Education at the Department of Education at Stockholm University, Sweden. His research interests revolve around cultural sociology, sociology of education, educational policy, multicultural education, and sociology of sport.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-16
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School Choice, We-Ness and School Culture
Pages 17-39
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To Belong or Not?
Pages 41-63
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“Different from the Eyes of Others”: Negotiating Faith in a Non-denominational Educational System
Pages 65-90
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To Construct Civility or Be Constructed as Anti-civil
Pages 91-113
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Immigrant Incorporation, Education, and the Boundaries of Belonging
- Editors
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- Stefan Lund
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-36729-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-36729-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-36728-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-36731-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 131
- Topics
