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Strategies of Identity Formation

Youth of Turkish Descent in Germany

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Ali Mehdi

    1. Freiburg, Germany

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  • Youth of Turkish Descent in Germany

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-10
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  2. Introduction

    • Ali Mehdi
    Pages 11-24

  3. Theoretical Framework

    • Ali Mehdi
    Pages 25-43

  4. Research Methodology

    • Ali Mehdi
    Pages 45-52

  5. Narrative Analysis

    • Ali Mehdi
    Pages 53-84

  6. Conclusions

    • Ali Mehdi
    Pages 85-88

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 89-114
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About this book

Integration of immigrants and their descendants has been a socially sensitive and a politically pressing issue in Germany, particularly in recent decades. Being the largest immigrant group in the country, and for a number of other reasons, the spotlight has been on people of Turkish descent. From a sociological perspective, the process of identity formation is a critical step in the direction of integration. If immigrants of Turkish descent are to be integrated in the society, it is crucial to inquire how they conceive of themselves, and perceive how they are conceived by the so-called locals. Heeding Goethe, Ali Mehdi goes out into broad and open land to conduct in-depth interviews with seven young men of Turkish descent, born in Germany, and to analyze – utilizing the empathetic approach of the German hermeneutic tradition – the rich diversity of identity strategies that the interviewees employ.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Freiburg, Germany

    Ali Mehdi

About the author

Ali Mehdi is a researcher at the Institut für Soziologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Strategies of Identity Formation

  • Book Subtitle: Youth of Turkish Descent in Germany

  • Authors: Ali Mehdi

  • Series Title: VS College

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-18681-8

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag f�r Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-18680-1Published: 14 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-18681-8Published: 09 March 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 114

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Social Sciences, general

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