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Regulating Immigrant Identities: the Role of Government and Institutions in the Identity Construction of Refugees and Other Migrants

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  • Ibolya Losoncz

    (Australian National University)

  • Jay Marlowe

    (The University of Auckland)

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This interdisciplinary paper explores the role of governments in the identity formation of people of resettled refugees. Using ethnographic data collected from 32 South Sudanese Australians and 9 professionals who work with this community, the paper outlines how participants face a range of systemic barriers and threats from government institutions relating to the cultivation of self-identity. We demonstrate how institutions poorly respond to the three typologies of self: moral, democratic, and status-seeking, and forward alternative institutional responses and possibilities. We conclude by arguing that rather than delivering a cohesive society, the regulation of cultural values and moral identities threatens the development of positive self-identities among resettled refugees and their children.

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  • Ibolya Losoncz & Jay Marlowe, 2020. "Regulating Immigrant Identities: the Role of Government and Institutions in the Identity Construction of Refugees and Other Migrants," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 117-132, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joimai:v:21:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s12134-019-00700-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s12134-019-00700-0
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