“…To this end, after presenting some critique on communitarian approaches to social captial, I draw on Bourdieusian theory and his understanding of social capital, i.e., access to durable networks (Bourdieu, 1986), to present a path forward. The Bourdieusian approach emphasizes the convertibility logic between various forms of capital necessary for refugees' successful integration, and addresses the limits of conventional theories on social capital regarding individual agency, power relations, and social policies vis-a-vis inequalities (Woolcock, 1998;Cheong et al, 2007;Akkaymak, 2016). Along the same lines, I understand integration as a multi-dimensional two-way process that starts before emigration, is shaped by various reservoirs of capital, and is informed by a desire for social belonging in destination countries (Karimi, 2018).…”