relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1052/
title: Experiencing integration: Differences in social connections between rural and urban regions and the influence of social connections on the integration process, experienced by male refugees.
creator: Barends, S.I.
description: This research explores integration experiences of male refugees in Dutch society and the role of social connections and place, based on qualitative research. The study examines interviewees’ constructions of integration. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of social bonds, social bridges and social links [Ager & Strang, 2008]. The amount of literature regarding this topic that focuses on the differences between rural and urban areas with a qualitative approach is limited.The interviewees all come from a country in the Middle-East. This group is chosen because of their large share in the current refugee stream. By using semi-structured in-depth interviews this research explores and explains the different experiences of the interviewees.  One of the main findings is that refugees who were living in a rural area had more frequent and more intensive relationships with their neighbors compared to the refugees who were living in an urban area.
date: 2017
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1052/1/Thesis_Simone_Barends_S2538326.pdf
identifier:   Barends, S.I.  (2017) Experiencing integration: Differences in social connections between rural and urban regions and the influence of social connections on the integration process, experienced by male refugees.  Master thesis.