A methodological analysis of national models of integration: time to think without the models?
National models of integration are widely used to understand the relationship between nationalism and integration-immigration policies. In this methodological article, we highlight two key concerns. First, national models of integration emerged out of inductive and normative case studies. The analyt...
| Published in: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 48; no. 7; pp. 1729 - 1747 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=156393207&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 156393207 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2022 vid: 48 iid: 7 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 156393207 10.1080/1369183X.2021.1990748 ppf: 1729 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.7MB tig: atl: A methodological analysis of national models of integration: time to think without the models? aug: au: Karimi, Aryan Wilkes, Rima affil: Max Planck Institute for Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Gottingen, Germany Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada su: Emigration & immigration Nationalism Pleonasm Induction (Logic) Comparative studies sug: subj: Emigration & immigration Nationalism Pleonasm Induction (Logic) Comparative studies keyword: comparative migration studies inductive and deductive models National models of integration tautology ab: National models of integration are widely used to understand the relationship between nationalism and integration-immigration policies. In this methodological article, we highlight two key concerns. First, national models of integration emerged out of inductive and normative case studies. The analytical value of models which are based on inductive and normative reasoning is not directly generalisable beyond very similar cases. Second, and despite their inductive limitations, the generalisation and application of national models beyond these analytical limits have produced tautological and essentialist outcomes – fitting empirical data into the models and overlooking other possible correlations between nationalism and integration policies. Amid recent scholarly attempts at amending the national models, the question remains whether national models are truly useful tools for the comparative studies of the relationships between nationalism and integration-immigration policies. We argue that comparative examinations require a more robust theoretical and methodological approach that can be used across periods and contexts without becoming tautological and essentialist. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2022 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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