Adamson, F.B. orcid.org/0000-0003-3137-1325, Dag, V. and Craven, C.R. orcid.org/0000-0003-4380-3527 (2024) Multi-scalar and diasporic integration: Kurdish populations in Europe between state, diaspora and geopolitics. Journal of Refugee Studies, 37 (2). pp. 518-533. ISSN 0951-6328
Abstract
This article challenges both methodological nationalist and decolonial approaches to ‘integration’ by drawing attention to how transnational factors—including trans-state diaspora networks and geopolitical relations between European states and Kurdish ‘homelands’—have direct impacts on the integration trajectories of newly arrived Kurdish displaced populations in Europe. Based on over 200 interviews with Kurdish immigrants, including refugees and asylum seekers across seventeen sites in rural and urban regions in six European countries, our research suggests the need to move beyond local and national-level understandings of integration to one which is also transnational, diasporic, and multi-scalar, taking account of the enduring effects of homeland politics on integration determinants. Such a model of integration does not throw out the concept, but recognizes both the protective and empowering role that local and national policies can play in enabling refugee and diaspora populations to function autonomously in a broader transnational and global context.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
Keywords: | integration; diaspora; transnationalism; Kurds; Europe; multi-scalar; geopolitics |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2024 10:26 |
Last Modified: | 20 Nov 2024 11:10 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/jrs/feae027 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:213404 |