STATES, MARKETS, AND IMMIGRANT MINORITIES - 2ND-GENERATION TURKS IN GERMANY AND MEXICAN-AMERICANS IN THE UNITED-STATES IN THE 1980S

How did public policies shape labor market integration of young Mexica n-Americans in the U.S. and Turks in Germany in the 1980s? To explain the relationship among states, markets, and immigrant minorities, this study connects demand-side approaches (public policies, labor market segmentation) with supply-side ones (human capital, network, and immig rant enclave perspectives). The ''dual system'' of vocational training in Germany is part of a class-oriented corporatist political and poli cy structure, while the American framework of ethnically segmented plu ralism is embedded in conflicts between ethnically or racially categor ized groups. Exclusion of Mexican-American school leavers, as compared to European Americans, has resulted in income poverty, while Turkish youths have experienced higher rates of unemployment than German youth . Close attention is paid to the impact of school-work transitions on marginalization, especially the formation of an immigrant ''underclass .''