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International Migration Review | 2013

Transnational Marriages on the Decline: Explaining Changing Trends in Partner Choice among Turkish Belgians

Klaartje Van Kerckem; Koen Van der Bracht; Peter Stevens; Bart Van de Putte

This article reports a decline in transnational marriages among Turkish Belgians between 2001 and 2008 and explains the changing trends through a qualitative study of Turkish Belgians’ current partner preferences and union formation practices. Young people prefer a local marriage because it enables upward social mobility, and the possibility of premarital relationships and lower parental involvement seem to further add to the declining popularity of transnational marriages. Despite these changes, however, a considerable percentage of people continues to marry a partner from the country of origin. By identifying four ‘types’ of transnational marriages we highlight the changes and diversification with regards to transnational marriages.


City & Community | 2013

On Becoming “Too Belgian”: A Comparative Study of Ethnic Conformity Pressure through the City-as-Context Approach

Klaartje Van Kerckem; Bart Van de Putte; Peter Stevens

While considerable research has shown that coethnic communities exercise pressure on their members to conform to certain normative patterns, there is little research that explains variability within coethnic groups regarding ethnic conformity pressure. Drawing on fieldwork and semistructured interviews with children and grandchildren of Turkish immigrants living in Ghent and five mining towns in Belgium, we explain differences in ethnic conformity pressure through a comparative examination of how macrostructural characteristics of cities shape community–level ethnic conformity pressure. We demonstrate that a citys migration history and social geography are related to the degree of social closure and normative consensus within an ethnic community, and that its ethnic heterogeneity and interethnic relations impact how much people depend on their coethnic community for social support. These in turn shape the internal sanctioning capacity of the community and its power to enforce normative patterns, especially of gender roles. The study shows that locality matters in the integration, assimilation, and acculturation of migrants, even disadvantaged ones who share the same national background. Sobre Volverse “Muy Belga”: Un Estudio Comparativo sobre Presión de Conformidad Étnica a través de Aproximación Ciudad–como–Contexto Resumen Mientras que una cantidad considerable de investigación ha mostrado que comunidades co–étnicas ejercen presión sobre sus miembros para que acepten ciertos patrones normativos, existe poca investigación que explique la variabilidad dentro de los grupos co–étnicos respecto a la presión sobre la conformidad étnica. En base a trabajo de campo y entrevistas semi–estructuradas con hijos y nietos de inmigrantes turcos que viven en Ghent y en cinco villas mineras en Bélgica, explicamos diferencias en presión por parte de la conformidad étnica a través de un examen comparativo de cómo características macro–estructurales de ciudades moldean presión por la conformidad étnica a nivel comunidad. Demostramos que la historia de la migración de la ciudad y la geografía social están relacionadas con el grado de cerrazón social y de consenso normativo dentro de una comunidad étnica, y que su heterogeneidad étnica e inter–relaciones étnicas tienen impacto en cuánto los individuos dependen en su comunidad co–étnica para conseguir apoyo social. Éstos, a su vez, moldean la capacidad de sancionar interna de la comunidad y su poder para imponer patrones normativos, especialmente en los roles de género. El estudio muestra que la localidad importa para la integración, asimilación y la aculturación de migrantes, incluso para aquellos en desventaja que comparten el mismo origen nacional.


DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies | 2014

Ethnic Diversity in Belgium: Old and New Migration, Old and New Developments

Koen Van der Bracht; Bart Van de Putte; Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe; Klaartje Van Kerckem


Qualitative Sociology | 2014

Pushing the Boundaries: Responses to Ethnic Conformity Pressure in Two Turkish Communities in Belgium

Klaartje Van Kerckem; Bart Van de Putte; Peter Stevens


Archive | 2014

Bridging the gap: how ethnic boundary dynamics shape socio-cultural incorporation: a case study among Turkish Belgians

Klaartje Van Kerckem


Leren van historische levenslopen : historisch-demografisch onderzoek in Vlaanderen en Nedederland | 2012

Zoek het niet te ver... transnationale huwelijken bij Turkse Belgen door een kwalitatieve bril

Klaartje Van Kerckem


Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies | 2015

Emancipatie op het Kruispunt van Seksuele en Etnisch-Culturele Diversiteit

Nella van den Brandt; Rahil Roodsaz; Klaartje Van Kerckem


DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies | 2014

Love Without Boundaries? How Ethnic Boundary Dynamics Shape Interethnic Partner Choice among Turkish Belgians

Klaartje Van Kerckem; Bart Van de Putte; Peter Stevens


American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2013 : Interrogating Inequality | 2013

On Becoming 'too Belgian': analyzing confomity pressure in two Turkish communities in Belgium

Klaartje Van Kerckem; Bart Van de Putte; Peter Stevens


American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2013 : Interrogating Inequality | 2013

Boundary perception and self-identification among Turkish Belgians: from perceived exclusion to an inclusive identity

Klaartje Van Kerckem; Bart Van de Putte

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