Abstract
The paper deals with the relationship between second generation
immigrants and deviant behavior. The burning question concerns the
possibility of considering the condition of “second generation” as a
condition that can promote the implementation of deviant behavior. To
find an answer, different theoretical perspectives are taken into consideration.
Sociology addressed this topic over the last century with
different points of view: the paradigm of cultural conflict, the relative
deprivation theory, the social control theory and the labeling theory.
The presentation of each theoretical perspective is enhanced by research
data from national and international literature. An analysis of
the different paradigms shows the need to overcome the individual
paradigms in favor of a reading that takes into account the complexity
of this phenomenon. In fact this complexity concerns both the own
concept of “second generation”, in which you can find a universe of
stories and fields, and the social, the environmental and the relational
conditions in which young second–generation are living. In addition,
the immigrant status of second generation must be interwoven with
the condition of adolescence, which in itself is a condition at risk, both
for young immigrants and natives.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] Young second generation immigrants and deviant behaviors: food for thought from sociological literature |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
pagine (da-a) | 455-471 |
Numero di pagine | 17 |
Rivista | Studi Emigrazione |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2014 |
Keywords
- devianza
- seconde generazioni