Integrating Syrian Refugees in Eastern Germany: A Cultural Textbook

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This book explores the integration of Syrian refugees in Germany, particularly in eastern Germany, highlighting the challenges and complexities faced by both refugees and the host society. It discusses the historical and cultural differences between the East and West, as well as the political and social factors that contribute to integration difficulties. The author argues that former refugees are often unable to fully participate in German society due to discrimination and stigma. However, the book also highlights the resilience and determination of Syrian refugees to integrate and succeed in Germany, with improved skills recognition and education being key to their success.

n Format: Hardback
n Length: 288 pages
n Publication date: 09 November 2020
n Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
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This book delves into the integration of Syrian refugees in Germany, particularly in eastern Germany, offering a unique perspective through the “teddytext” genre. The author responds to scholarly evidence to explore how Eastern and Western perspectives converge and diverge, guiding refugee integration by demonstrating how Germans and Syrians think differently. The book begins with a comprehensive overview of the West’s “Diversity Transition,” transitioning from ethnic to mixed societies. The rescue effort involves a collaborative process between corporations and volunteers, modernizing and expediting conventional integration processes. However, significant obstacles arise, including the national divide between East and West, the economic impact of the East’s capital strike, and governmental efforts to manage Germany’s identity through politicized stigma management imposed through the remembrance policy. These factors contribute to the marginalization of Easterners as second-class citizens. Former refugees, including Prussians and returned USSR German settlers, who have become politicized due to their opposition to the remembrance policy, also face challenges in fully participating in Germany’s corporation-colonized lifeworld.

In Brandenburg, there is opposition to refugee integration driven by Know-Nothingism, deception, and ostracism, partly due to concerns about preserving their “dirty togetherness” social organization. Nevertheless, refugees interviewed and examined in Berlin and Brandenburg demonstrate education, motivation, and a determination to stay and succeed despite their traumatized conditions. Their integration is progressing rapidly, and there are promising signs of greater success than ever before. Improved skills recognition and refugee education play crucial roles in facilitating integration. Furthermore, the integration of Germany itself would further enhance the process.

n Weight: 495gn
Dimension: 158 x 235 x 25 (mm)n
ISBN-13: 9781433168093n
Edition number: New edn