Social engagement among migrant youth: attitudes and meanings Kirpitchenko, Liudmila and Mansouri, Fethi 2014, Social engagement among migrant youth: attitudes and meanings, Social inclusion, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 17-27. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads kirpitchenko-socialengage-2014.pdf Published version application/pdf 579.72KB 75 Title Social engagement among migrant youth: attitudes and meanings Author(s) Kirpitchenko, Liudmila Mansouri, Fethi orcid.org/0000-0002-8914-0485 Journal name Social inclusion Volume number 2 Issue number 2 Start page 17 End page 27 Total pages 11 Publisher Cogitatio Press Place of publication Lisbon, Portugal Publication date 2014-08 ISSN 2183-2803 Keyword(s) active citizenship belonging civic engagement intercultural relations migrant youth motivations for participation social capital social networks Summary This article explores migrant young people’s engagement, participation and involvement in socially meaningful activi-ties, events and experiences. This type of social participation is approached in the social inclusion literature using the notions of social capital and active citizenship (Bourdieu, 1986; Coleman, 1988; Putnam, 1993; Putnam, 2000). A key objective, therefore, is to explore the attitudes, values and perceptions associated with social participation for young people. They include the meanings that social engagement has for migrant young people, along with drivers and inhibi-tions to active participation. The article focuses on both the motives for being actively engaged as well as perceived barriers to social engagement. It is based on a large study conducted among migrant young people of African, Arabic-speaking and Pacific Islander backgrounds in Melbourne and Brisbane, and presents both quantitative and qualitative (discursive) snapshots from the overall findings, based on interviews and focus groups. While many studies have cen-tred on the management of migration and migrants, this article draws attention to the individuals’ active position in negotiating, interpreting and appropriating the conditions of social inclusion. Accounting for the multidimensional and multilayered nature of social inclusion, the paper highlights the heuristic role of social engagement in fostering the feel-ings of belonging and personal growth for migrant youth. Language eng Field of Research 160803 Race and Ethnic Relations Socio Economic Objective 940111 Ethnicity, Multiculturalism and Migrant Development and Welfare HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2014, Cogitatio Press Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30065602 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation School of Humanities and Social Sciences Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 08 Sep 2014, 09:57:30 EST Mon, 08 Sep 2014, 11:36:05 EST Wed, 10 Sep 2014, 12:51:22 EST Wed, 10 Sep 2014, 12:56:05 EST Wed, 17 Sep 2014, 13:40:15 EST Thu, 18 Sep 2014, 10:11:18 EST Thu, 09 Oct 2014, 10:22:14 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 09:25:23 EST Wed, 10 Dec 2014, 14:17:47 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 07:38:34 EST Sat, 15 Apr 2017, 02:45:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 326 Abstract Views, 76 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 08 Sep 2014, 09:57:18 EST by Cayla Edwards

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