How to forge a place in the ‘Wealthy West’ – challenges for second-generation immigrants
Decades of mass immigration has created a diverse demographic of people from a range of ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds on both sides of the Atlantic. But what happens when the second, and even third, generation of immigrants reach adulthood and begin to enter the labour market? A recent study, published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies , considers the challenges and opportunities created by ethnic integration in the ‘Wealthy West’. The authors introduce the study by addressing the reasoning behind