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Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy and Urban Space

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Description for Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy and Urban Space Paperback. Series: Globalization & Community Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black and white illustrations and 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFFN; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.

The integration of immigrants into a larger society begins at the local level. Turkish Berlin reveals how integration has been experienced by second-generation Turkish immigrant women in two neighborhoods in Berlin, Germany. While the neighborhoods are similar demographically, the lived experience of the residents is surprisingly different.

Informed by first-person interviews with both public officials and immigrants, Annika Marlen Hinze makes clear that local integration policies—often created by officials who have little or no contact with immigrants—have significant effects on the assimilation of outsiders into a community and a society. Focusing on the Turkish neighborhoods of Kreuzberg and Neukölln, Hinze ... Read more

Employing spatial theory as a tool for understanding the complex processes of integration, Hinze asks two related questions: How do immigrants perceive themselves and their experiences in a new culture? And how are immigrants conceived of by politicians and policy makers? Although her research highlights the German–Turk experience in Berlin, her answers have implications that resonate far beyond the city’s limits.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Globalization & Community Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816678150
SKU
V9780816678150
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About Annika Marlen Hinze
Annika Marlen Hinze is assistant professor of political science at Fordham University.

Reviews for Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy and Urban Space
Turkish Berlin goes beyond the broad generalizations in immigrant integration debates by digging into what officials actually mean as they operationalize the term ‘integration’ and how the subjects of the resulting policy, Turkish-origin women in Berlin, understand the treatment they receive. Full of rich ethnographic material, this is a fine book that readers will ponder for a long time.—John Mollenkopf, ... Read more

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