Open AccessComing of Age: Migrant Economies and Social Policies in Germany
Author(s) -
Félicitas Hillmann
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
cosmopolitan civil societies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 1837-5391
DOI - 10.5130/ccs.v13.i3.7928
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , corporate governance , delegation , entrepreneurship , german , psychological intervention , public policy , political science , economics , economic growth , sociology , psychology , social science , archaeology , finance , psychiatry , law , history
This paper analyzes the policies for migrant economies as part of broader social and labor market in Germany. It points out that the current fragmented and contradictory policy action can be identified as an outcome of former ambiguities and the delegation of responsibilities within a complex governance grid. Accordingly, its focus is on the inter-related dynamics of policy interventions, knowledge production and the impact of migrant agency within cities. The paper gives a condensed overview on theory and background of migrant economies, pointing to de facto barriers that persist until today. It then concentrates on the way labor market policies in respect of migration were framed in public discourse. Its empirical focus is on the web of policies and instruments that have been directed towards migrant entrepreneurship. Here, in-built ambiguities of all actions are identified as a general feature of German labor market policies.