Ethnic Capital in the Swedish context : A replicative study of Iqbal and Modood (2023) with second-generation migrants of Croatian descent in Sweden

This thesis is a replication of the study by Iqbal and Modood (2023) and tests the theory of ethnic capital as explaining second-generation migrant’s educational aspirations and achievement. The focus of the study is second-generation migrants in Sweden of Croatian descent who have studied at university. The study was qualitative in nature and semi-structured interviews were conducted. The theoretical framework was adapted from the original study for ethnic capital theory and additional theories of Bourdieu’s theory of capital, Portes and Rumbaut’s acculturation theory, and Lareau’s concerted cultivation were utilised in the analysis. The results indicated that in the differing context ethnic capital remains a factor in children’s educational success, and that intersecting theories did not reduce the concepts validity.