Amsterdam University Press

Maurice Crul, Liesbeth Heering
The Position of the Turkish and Moroccan Second Generation in Amsterdam and Rotterdam
The TIES Study in the Netherlands

The Dutch second generation of Turkish and Moroccan origin is coming of age and making a transition from education to the labour market. This first publication of the TIES Project (Towards the Integration of the European Second Generation) studies the social situation and views of this ethnic group, drawing on the research carried out in Amsterdam and Rotterdam in 2006-07 among the Dutch-born children of immigrants from Turkey and Morocco and a comparison group of young people (age 18-35) whose parents were born in the Netherlands.

Maurice Crul is senior researcher at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Liesbeth Heering is researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Reviews
“Stereotypical images and misconceptions dominate the press and popular understandings of immigrants, particularly those of Muslim origins. This volume combats those stereotypes with data and in-depth analysis to give insight into Europe’s two most significant second generation populations. Everyone concerned about the impact of immigration should read this book.”

-- Alex Stepick, Director of the Immigration and Ethnicity Institute
Florida International University, Miami

“This fascinating study presents an astonishing level of detail that will be of great use in developing theoretical perspectives in relation to the changing demographic profile of European societies. The TIES project will come to be seen as a seminal work in this field.”
-- Michael Collyer, Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Sussex