Strangers no more: Immigration and the challenge of integration in North America and Western Europe

Dikici, Erdem

Abstract

Strangers No More is a well-researched and meticulously written book on the integration of post-war immigrants, and second generations into North American and Western European countries. Richard Alba and Nancy Foner, two prominent scholars of migration, undertake a comparative study of Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and the United States with the aim of exploring trans-Atlantic similarities and differences regarding the integration of immigrants. The authors aim to go beyond the grand narratives on integration, that is, national models and the political economy approach. They do not offer either an alternative paradigm or model/framework of integration, but a critical discussion on a broad spectrum of issues beginning from the definition of integration to immigrants’ economic well-being, living conditions, and political representation, as well as to race and racism, immigrant religion, education of second generation, national identity, mixed partnerships and interethnic marriages, in the context of integration.

• Journal Article Type: Book Review
• Acceptance Date: Aug 16, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jun 27, 2017
• Publication Date: Jun 27, 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 10, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 14, 2022
• Journal: Journal of Nordic Migration Research
• Electronic ISSN: 1799-649X
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 124-125
• Item Discussed: Alba, Richard & Foner, Nancy (2015) Strangers No More. Immigration and the Challenge of Integration in North America and Western Europe, New Jersey & Princeton: Princeton University Press. 336 pp.
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2017-0015
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10020939
• Publisher URL: https://journal-njmr.org/articles/abstract/10.1515/njmr-2017-0015/