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Theoretical insights into the children of immigrants are inevitably inspired by the empirical contexts in which they are elaborated: local, national, political, historic and linguistic features frame the way in which individuals and groups act and make their choices, but these empirical features influence theoretical interpretations too.
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© 2012 Enzo Colombo and Paola Rebughini
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Colombo, E., Rebughini, P. (2012). Framing Contexts and Actors. In: Children of Immigrants in a Globalized World. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137005298_3
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