Migranticization can be understood as those sets of performative practices that ascribe a migratory status to certain people and bodies – labelling them (im)migrants, second-generation migrants, people with migration background, minorities, etc. – and thus (re-)establish a priori difference to non-migrant citizens: regardless of whether the people designated as migrants are citizens of the nation-state […]
This chapter examines Swiss integration policy from an international comparative perspective and assesses its evolution through a historical lens. In line with international trends, a gradual improvement in the social and economic rights of legally resident foreigners can be observed, which facilitated access to the Swiss labour market, family reunification, or social benefits. Resistance towards […]
Sur la base de deux nouvelles enquêtes sur le vieillissement transnational menées dans le cadre du pôle national de recherche sur la migration nccr – on the move, ce chapitre propose une analyse comparative de trois types d’(im)mobilité post-retraite: rester vivre dans son pays de résidence, s’installer à l’étranger, ou vivre au moins trois mois […]
‘Protecting our culture’ has become a common code in Western Europe to deny immigrants full citizenship. The latter is not only understood here as legal rights that come with full status in a polity, but also being recognized symbolically and emotionally as co-citizens. Compared to the 1990s, it became increasingly difficult from the early 2000s […]
Among different categories of “ageing migrants”, two bring into attention the migrants’ parents. The first one – ‘family reunification migrants’ – reflects the administrative treatment of migrants’ ascendancy by migration regimes. The second one – the Zero Generation – highlights the active role of mobile grandparents within transnational families. This chapter stresses a striking contrast […]
With more than a third of Switzerland’s resident population having an immigration background, asylum and immigration policy occupy a central stage in Swiss politics. Originally addressed in a rather narrow manner as a matter of the ‘foreigner’s police’, and regulated by corporatist ties between employer federations, the Unions, and Swiss authorities, migration policy has turned […]
Acculturation attitudes commonly focus on minority and majority attitudes toward minority acculturation. However, because acculturation is a mutual process, not only are members of minority or migrant groups expected to experience acculturation, but members of the majority also are. In this study, I assessed the attitudes of 375 minority and majority students (Mage = 12.67 […]
Migration and its consequences for the legitimacy of the welfare state have been the subject of a number of controversial discussions over the past several decades, and remain highly salient issues today. To be legitimate, welfare states need to function well and to deliver what is expected of them (“output-legitimacy”), but they also need to […]
