Draws on quantitative and qualitative data to compare transnational 'homeland' marriages with intra-ethnic marriages within the UK
Enhances understanding of the relationships between marriage-related migration and the complex processes covered by the term 'integration'

Provides new grounding for both policy and academic debates

Enhances understanding of the relationships between marriage-related migration and the complex processes covered by the term 'integration' Draws on quantitative and qualitative data to compare transnational 'homeland' marriages with intra-ethnic marriages within the UK Provides new grounding for both policy and academic debates

Autorentext

Katharine Charsley is Professor of Migration Studies in the School for Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. Marta Bolognani is an independent scholar, UK. Evelyn Ersanilli is Senior Researcher at the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sarah Spencer is Director of Strategy and Senior Fellow at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford, UK.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Marriage Migration and Integration.- 2. What is Integration?.- 3. Explaining British South Asian Transnational Marriage.- 4. Employment and Economic Wellbeing.- 5.Taking Part 1: Social Networks.- 6. Families, Households, Gender and Culture.- 7. Taking Part 2: Civic and Political Integration.- 8. Belonging.- 9. Conclusion.