Inclusion and Exclusion of Young Adult Migrants in Europe

Katrine Fangen lectures in the department of Sociology and Human Geography, and is the project coordinator of EUMARGINS at the University of Oslo, Norway Kirsten Fossan is Administration and Communications Officer of EUMARGINS at the University of Oslo, Norway Ferdinand Andreas Mohn is Research Assistant of EUMARGINS at the University of Oslo, Norway

’This is an excellent collection that brings together new research and scholarship on young migrants in contemporary European societies. It provides a vital insight into the everyday experiences of this important social group and the intersections between inclusion and exclusion’ John Solomos, City University London, UK 'The strength of this book lies in the detail of the contrasts that the comparative method stimulates. By having each chapter follow a common thematic framework the differences between the country cases stand out clearly, thwarting easy generalisations. Its focus specifically on young adult migrants is particularly valuable.' Roger Hewitt, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK 'The book originates from an EU-funded research project and covers seven European countries: Estonia, France, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These countries differ greatly in their emigration and immigration experiences, their citizenship traditions, their social welfare and education systems, their labour market regulations and their overall post war politics. This variation results in the book’s greatest value. It permits the text to tease out how different political, economic, cultural and legal contexts affect a common group of people, notably young immigrant (first or second generation) young adults’ integration into their societies of settlement...[The book] makes an important contribution [...] by critically reviewing and synthesising existing findings and bibliographies regarding immigrant youth and the processes of inclusion and exclusion in the seven European countries studied. This volume offers an original and concise overview of the social, cultural, economic, political and legal context within which migrant youth live, study, work. As such, this volume will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers who are seeking a comprehensive overview of the situation in specific immigration countries. Each country chapter

• 1: Introduction: Turning Adult, Becoming Nationalized; 2: Spain: Irregular Lives in the Southern Rim of Europe; 3: The UK: Imperial Spectres, New Migrations and the State of ‘Permanent Emergency'; 4: Estonia: A Post-Soviet Predicament; 5: Italy: Unreceptive Climate and Forced Adulthood; 6: Norway: The Pitfalls of Egalitarianism; 7: France: Diversity in the Republican Nation; 8: Sweden: Being a Stranger in the ‘People's Home'; 9: Assessing the Situation: Cross-National Comparison