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Local immigrant communities, welfare and culture: an integration / segregation dilemma

The chapter focuses on the role of migrant communities, ethnic as well as religious, while arguing that the social position of immigrants, and particularly their access to welfare rights, can not be adequately analyzed if not taking into account the general social positions and strategies of migrant ethnic and religious organizations. Based on the empirical research in twelve European countries the chapter investigates in more details the importance of families and migrant communities for the everyday life of immigrants, and the work of welfare networks that these communities organize for satisfying needs of their members: welfare, educational, religious, etc. It particularly stresses the importance of the concept of identities, the importance of religion, language, and families (nuclear and extended) for immigrants, but it also reflects the social debates and conflicts that are visible in many European societies nowadays. The chapter also questions the adequacy of the welfare state approach in researching the access of immigrant to different social rights.

local immigrant communities, welfare, culture, access to welfare rights

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