Migration: Challenges of Diversity

Just off the press: the new issue of our quarterly magazine WZB-Mitteilungen focuses on migration and integration in Europe. The articles of the December issue draw on new research findings on attitudes of the German elite toward immigration, the connection between unemployment and negative attitudes toward immigrants, and intercultural marriages in Western Europe. Other topics include the influence of Islamist terrorism on the integration debate and the attitudes toward the religious symbols of Muslims.

Analyzing data of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), Bram Lancee has found out that people who lose their job tend to have more negative attitudes toward immigrants, independent of social status. To the article (PDF): Ängste, die Abwehr auslösen

Sarah Carol has explored intermarriages between Muslims and Non-Muslims. Even though intercultural marriages are widely accepted, marriage patterns with intermarriage only as an exception are persistent in the second generation. To the article (PDF): Heiraten als Maß sozialer Integration

Marc Helbling, Sarah Carol and Ines Michalowski show that most people make clear distinctions between Muslim as a group and religious practices like wearing a headscarf. To the article (PDF): Gretchenfrage der Integration

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