Gehören wir dazu? Grenzziehungsprozesse und Positionierungen der zweiten Generation im Vergleich zwischen Luzern und Neuenburg

Abstract

Rather than to examine the modes of integration of the second generation as is usually done, the article chooses to ask how the second generation position themselves vis-à-vis certain ethno-national boundaries and whether they feel that they belong. Based on interviews with young people of different origins, aged from 16 to 19 years and residing in the cantons of Lucerne and Neuchâtel, we uncover their positionings and strategies when faced with boundaries. We notably show how the regional contexts influence their positions and strategies. Independently of their feelings of belonging, their strategies are strongly affected by the demands of integration in Lucerne and by a republican discourse of tolerance in Neuchâtel.