Longitudinal Studies on Migrants’ Families: From an Identity View
A special issue of Societies (ISSN 2075-4698).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 10655
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Interests: problems of adaptation of migrants in new living conditions; psychological aspects of cultural transmission; sociopsychological aspects of personality disadaptation; transformation of migrant identity; ethnic identity; local community; integration; migrants; refugees
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Dear Colleagues,
Studies of migrant families’ identity problems are among the most pressing topics of modern social sciences. Identity (that is, self-identification of a person) is one of the most important criteria of effectiveness migrant integration into the host society. The problem of migrant integration is directly related to the key issue of integrity and stability of the entire social system, counteracting its fragmentation, and disintegration into small, self-contained, incapable of understanding each other, mutual-solidarity, suspicious, and even warring communities and networks. If we do not learn how to deal effectively with thorny problems of migrant integration, then given the scope of migration in the modern world and the huge economic and cultural gap between migrant-supplying countries and -receiving societies, the very ability of the latter for sustainable development will be jeopardized. The problem becomes even more acute due to the fact that it is becoming chronic, since migration flows are not going to stop, and more and more cohorts of integrated immigrants are replacing integrated immigrants with varying degrees of success.
In order to find the right means of solving this problem, it is necessary to start with a deep study of the processes that occur in migrant families, who as a rule are experiencing a severe cultural upheaval from a sharp change in social environment, their social status, customs, and habits. A detailed study of the ongoing changes in their identity is the key to understanding the effectiveness of the entire integration process.
In this Special Issue, we welcome manuscripts of various types, such as articles, reviews, and conceptual papers of a disciplinary or interdisciplinary nature, that seek to contribute to analysis of longitudinal migrant family studies, from an identity perspective.
Prof. Dr. Vsevolod Konstantinov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- migrant families
- identity
- migrants
- longitudinal studies
- host society
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