Migrants, Work and Social Integration

Exploring recent contemporary debates on gender and migration, this book scrutinizes the relationship between women's work in ethnic economies and social integration, arguing that women in Britain zigzag their way to social integration.

Autorentext
Saniye Dedeoglu is Associate Professor of Social Policy in the Department of Labour Economics at Mu?la Univeristy, Turkey, and has been a recent Marie Curie Fellow in the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER) at the University of Warwick, UK. She is the author of Women Workers in Turkey and co-editor of Gender and Society in Turkey.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Women Migrants, Work and Social Integration 3. Ethnic Economy and the Turkish Ethnic Economy in London 4. Migratory Trends from Turkey and 'Turkish' Community in London 5. Turkish Immigrant Women in London 6. Women's Work in the London's Turkish Ethnic Economy 7. Zigzag Ways to Social Integration 8. Conclusion