Zeitschrift fur Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation
Volume 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 378-392
Legal in- and exclusion of immigrant children: Institutional influences on their educational opportunities [Rechtliche in- und exklusion von migrantenkindern: Institutionelle einflüsse auf ihre bildungschancen] (Article)
Söhn J.*
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Abteilung .Ausbildung und Arbeitsmarkt'TProjektgruppe, Nationales Bildungspanel: Berufsbildung und lebenslanges Lernen, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Abstract
Legal stratification among immigrants is a rarely discussed dimension of inequality. This essay presents a theoretical model outlining direct and indirect effects of legal statuses and status-specific migration policies on immigrant children's educational opportunities. An institutional analysis of the German case illustrates for the immigrant cohorts of 1987 - 2003 how legal hierarchies, e.g. between ethnic German immigrants, non-German family migrants, and refugees, were relevant for educational and other types ofrights. After presenting the immigrant children's actual educational attainment, the article discusses the interplay of legal stratification with other social determinants ofeducational opportunities. The legal status of ethnic German immigrants and the migration policies related to this status represent an example ofan inclusive mode of governmental incorporation. Its positive impact did not eliminate but mitigated the educational risks related to migrations.
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ISSN: 14361957
Original Language: German