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Document Type

Original Study

Subject Areas

Political Science

Keywords

Refugee, structure, agency, South Asia, Islam, settlement, Estonia

Abstract

This paper presents the experiences of South Asian refugees in Estonia and their subsequent settlement procedure by using Anthony Giddens’s concept of Structure and Agency. Investigation was carried out by a qualitative approach with a sample of South Asian refugees who have settled in Estonia. Focus was to address how respondents express their agency within a given structure of a new society. In light of the outcomes, individual preferences and differences of thinking level was evident and it is argued that they form heterogeneous presence in contrast to what they are being portrayed of mere victims or sufferers by general understanding

Publication Date

2016

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