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Beyond legal status: Exploring dimensions of belonging among forced migrants in Istanbul and Vienna

dc.contributor.authorRottmann, Susan Beth
dc.contributor.departmentHumanities and Social Sciences
dc.contributor.ozuauthorROTTMANN, Susan Beth
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-05T08:51:13Z
dc.date.available2020-10-05T08:51:13Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-25
dc.description.abstractMigrants with precarious legal statuses experience significant structural exclusion from their host nations but may still feel partial belonging. This article explores two dimensions potentially relevant for this group’s sense of belonging: city-level opportunity structures and public political discourses. Specifically, we examine perceptions of belonging among forced migrants with similarly precarious legal statuses located in Istanbul and Vienna. Drawing from semi-structured interviews, we argue that opportunity structures in the cities provide a minimal sense of social normalness within a period of life otherwise considered anomalous or exceptional. Any articulations of belonging in this context however remain inherently tied to the conditions of legal limbo at the national level. With regard to public political discourses, migrants display a strong awareness of the role of religion within national debates on culture and integration. In a context where religion is discussed as a mediator of belonging, we found explicit affirmations of such discourses, whereas in a context where religion is discussed as a marker of difference, we found implicit compliance, despite feelings of alienation. Overall, this article shows the importance of differentiating belonging, and of cross-regional comparisons for highlighting the diverse roles of cities and public political discourses in facilitating integration.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre European Community (EC)
dc.description.versionPublisher versionen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.17645/si.v8i1.2392en_US
dc.identifier.endpage251en_US
dc.identifier.issn2183-2803en_US
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85087038989
dc.identifier.startpage241en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10679/6988
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i1.2392
dc.identifier.volume8en_US
dc.identifier.wos000521647100002
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.peerreviewedyesen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.publisherCogitatio Pressen_US
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/770564
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Inclusion
dc.relation.publicationcategoryInternational Refereed Journal
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subject.keywordsAsylumen_US
dc.subject.keywordsBelongingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCityen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCultureen_US
dc.subject.keywordsIntegrationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsIstanbulen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLegal limboen_US
dc.subject.keywordsViennaen_US
dc.titleBeyond legal status: Exploring dimensions of belonging among forced migrants in Istanbul and Viennaen_US
dc.typearticleen_US
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