TOWARDS AN EXPLANATION OF THE PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCES OF TURKS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY: THE CASE FOR A COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INTEGRATION

The paper argues that migration studies are too parochial, focusing exclusively on ostensible immigration and incorporation policies and failing to take into account the 'structuring' effects of the overall institutional framework. The need for more comparative and more economically-oriented research is presented through a reflection upon the recent Dutch debate on the causes of the lagging performance of Turks in the Netherlands compared to those in Germany. Copyright (c) 2006 by the Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG.