Enabling and constraining aspects of social capital in migrant families: ethnicity, gender and generation

This article sets out to examine the use, production and maintenance of social capital in the context of migration through an in-depth analysis of the everyday experiences of young people in Italian families in the UK and Italy. Social capital is usually described in the literature as membership in...

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Published in:Ethnic and racial studies 2010-05, Vol.33 (5), p.816-831
Main Author: Zontini, Elisabetta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural Capital
Emotions
Ethnicity
Families & family life
Family
Gender
generation
Generations
individualization
Italy
Kinship Networks
Membership
migrant families
Migrants
Migration
Networks
Noncitizens
Sex
Social Capital
Social networks
Youth
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Summary:This article sets out to examine the use, production and maintenance of social capital in the context of migration through an in-depth analysis of the everyday experiences of young people in Italian families in the UK and Italy. Social capital is usually described in the literature as membership in networks that either helps individuals to get ahead or to preserve positions of power. In this article, I move beyond these one-sided understandings of social capital by exploring both the positive and negative traits of family and ethnic solidarity, as specific forms of social capital for Italian young people By focusing on the experiences of Italian young people, the analysis also demonstrates that gender and generation are crucial axes for interpreting different experiences in participating in strong family and ethnic networks.
ISSN:0141-9870
1466-4356
DOI:10.1080/01419870903254661