Ethnic Identity, Social Mobility and the Role of Soulmates

Marieke Slootman is a researcher and lecturer at the department of Sociology of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She earned her PhD (cum laude) at the University of Amsterdam. The Dutch Sociological Association (NSV) awarded her dissertation with the prize for Best Sociological Dissertation written at a Dutch University in 2013/2014. Slootman’s research focuses on processes of minoritization and exclusion, processes of identification and social mobility, and on diversity in educational institutions.

• 1. Ethnic-Minority Climbers.  Winning the Golden Calf.- 2. Studying Ethnic Identification. Tools and Theories.- 3. A Mixed-Methods Approach.- 4. The Dutch Integration Landscape.- 5. Self-identifications Explored. ‘Am I Dutch? Yes.  Am I Moroccan? Yes’.- 6. Identifications in Social Contexts. ‘I am… who I am.- 7. Trajectories of Reinvention. Soulmates and a ‘Minority Culture of Mobility’.- 8. Ethnic Identity and Social Mobility. Wrapping up.- Appendix A: Interview Guide.- Appendix B: Table Chapter 4.- Appendix C: Tables Chapter 5.

“The appropriate audience for Slootman’s Ethnic Identity, Social Mobility and the Role of Soulmates, may include scholars and policy experts dealing with ethnic identity, migration, nationalism, assimilation, integration or multiculturalism. For academicians, policy makers and lay readers alike, the book provides a nuanced perspective from the vantage point of ethnic migrants towards understanding ethnic minority identity and national integration.” (Maguipuinamei Rejoyson Thangal, Psychological Studies, Vol. 65 (3), 2020)