Integration of newcomers is a major challenge for contemporary Europe. The 'second generation' - children born of immigrant parentage - is crucial in this process, for they constitute a growing and increasingly vocal segment of the metropolitan youth. This timely book offers cross-national comparisons and a new perspective on the position of the European second generation in education, labour, social relations, religion and identity formation, drawing on data collected by the TIES survey in fifteen cities across eight European countries 8 Identities Urban belonging and intercultural relations9 Ways of 'being Muslim' Religious identities of second-generation Turks; 10 Conclusions and implications The integration context matters; List of contributors The European Second Generation Compared; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Comparative integration context theory Participation and belonging in diverse European cities; 3 Research methodology; 4 The TIES respondents and their parents Background socio-demographic characteristics; 5 School careers of second-generation youth in Europe Which education systems provide the best chances for success?; 6 Assessing the labour market position and its determinants for the second generation; 7 Union formation and partner choice | 
