Author
Rottmann, Susan Beth
Publication Date
2022
Publication Place
-
Taylor & Francis
Subject
Marriage migration, Rights, Gender, Integration, Governance, Biopolitics
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
1070-289X
Record ID
37d0b3b6-d00a-49b3-86db-a9f7f244724a
Library Location
Humanities and Social Sciences
Date
2022
Sample Text
Addressing research on migration governance, this article examines German pre-integration courses offered to Turkish marriage migrants in Istanbul. The courses were implemented in response to growing concern about the perceived poor integration of Muslim migrants and a high number of forced marriages. I argue that these courses are a micro form of biopolitical governance. Specifically, they are an attempt to generate internalized ways of being and knowing that are desired by the state, which I call 'membership cultivation.' As such, the courses are not precisely aimed at restricting migration as in other pre-integration measures, nor are they mainly reinforcing symbolic boundaries and teaching liberalism as in post-migration German civic integration courses. Rather, the courses attempt to re-make migrants with regards to morality, culture and gender. Using participant observation and in-depth interviews, this research examines the disciplinary mechanisms targeting migrants' transformation to enhance our understanding of the biopolitics of pre-integration governance.
DOI
10.1080/1070289X.2020.1851004
Cilt
29
