In this age of multicultural democracy, the idea of assimilation--that the social distance separating immigrants and their children from the mainstream of American society closes over time--seems outdated and, in some forms, even offensive. But as Richard Alba and Victor Nee show in the first systematic treatment of assimilation since the mid-1960s, it continues to shape the immigrant experience, even though the geography of immigration has shifted from Europe to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Institutional changes, from civil rights legislation to immigration law, have provided a more...
In this age of multicultural democracy, the idea of assimilation--that the social distance separating immigrants and their children from the mainst...
This book examines contemporary attitudes towards ethnic minorities in Germany. These minorities include some of immigrant origin, such as Italians, Turks, and asylum seekers, and the principal non-immigrant minority, Jews. While the findings demonstrate that intense prejudice against minorities is not widespread among Germans, many of whom in fact can be considered immigrant- and minority-friendly, a crystallization of attitudes is also evident: that is, attitudes towards immigrants are strongly correlated with anti-Semitism and with other worldview dimensions, such as positioning in the...
This book examines contemporary attitudes towards ethnic minorities in Germany. These minorities include some of immigrant origin, such as Italians, T...
Religion has played a crucial role in American immigration history as an institutional resource for migrants' social adaptation, as a map of meaning for interpreting immigration experiences, and as a continuous force for expanding the national ideal of pluralism. To explain these processes the editors of this volume brought together the perspectives of leading scholars of migration and religion. The resulting essays present salient patterns in American immigrants' religious lives, past and present. In comparing the religious experiences of Mexicans and Italians, Japanese and Koreans,...
Religion has played a crucial role in American immigration history as an institutional resource for migrants' social adaptation, as a map of meanin...
Religion has played a crucial role in American immigration history as an institutional resource for migrants' social adaptation, as a map of meaning for interpreting immigration experiences, and as a continuous force for expanding the national ideal of pluralism. To explain these processes the editors of this volume brought together the perspectives of leading scholars of migration and religion. The resulting essays present salient patterns in American immigrants' religious lives, past and present. In comparing the religious experiences of Mexicans and Italians, Japanese and Koreans,...
Religion has played a crucial role in American immigration history as an institutional resource for migrants' social adaptation, as a map of meanin...
One fifth of the population of the United States belongs to the immigrant or second generations. While the US is generally thought of as the immigrant society par excellence, it now has a number of rivals in Europe. The Next Generation brings together studies from top immigration scholars to explore how the integration of immigrants affects the generations that come after. The original essays explore the early beginnings of the second generation in the United States and Western Europe, exploring the overall patterns of success of the second generation.
While there are many...
One fifth of the population of the United States belongs to the immigrant or second generations. While the US is generally thought of as the immigr...
Richard Alba argues that the social cleavages that separate Americans into distinct, unequal ethno-racial groups could narrow dramatically in the coming decades. During the mid-twentieth century, the dominant position of the United States in the postwar world economy led to a rapid expansion of education and labor opportunities. As a result of their newfound access to training and jobs, many ethnic and religious outsiders, among them Jews and Italians, finally gained full acceptance as members of the mainstream. Alba proposes that this large-scale assimilation of white ethnics was a result...
Richard Alba argues that the social cleavages that separate Americans into distinct, unequal ethno-racial groups could narrow dramatically in the c...
- "This tightly focused volume... proves an indispensable guide... Full of valuable and stimulating insights." - Nancy Foner, author of In a New Land "A remarkable collection of studies." - Douglas Massey, author of Brokered Boundaries
- "This tightly focused volume... proves an indispensable guide... Full of valuable and stimulating insights." - Nancy Foner, author of In a New L...
- -This tightly focused volume... proves an indispensable guide... Full of valuable and stimulating insights.- - Nancy Foner, author of In a New Land -A remarkable collection of studies.- - Douglas Massey, author of Brokered Boundaries
- -This tightly focused volume... proves an indispensable guide... Full of valuable and stimulating insights.- - Nancy Foner, author of In a New L...
Der funfte Band der Reihe 'Blickpunkt Gesellschaft' widmet sich dem Thema 'Ethnische Gruppen in Deutschland'. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Ergebnisse der Allgemeinen Bevolkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften (ALLBUS) zur Verbreitung und Erklarung auslanderfeindlicher und antisemitischer Einstellungen in der deutschen Bevolkerung. Aber die in Deutschland lebenden Auslander sind nicht nur als Einstellungsobjekte Gegenstand dieses Buches. Vielmehr werden verschiedene Datenquellen (u.a. das Soziookonomische Panel und die Auslanderbefragungen des Instituts MARPLAN) intensiv genutzt, um den Leser auch...
Der funfte Band der Reihe 'Blickpunkt Gesellschaft' widmet sich dem Thema 'Ethnische Gruppen in Deutschland'. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Ergebnisse der All...
Strangers No More is the first book to compare immigrant integration across key Western countries. Focusing on low-status newcomers and their children, it examines how they are making their way in four critical European countries--France, Germany, Great Britain, and the Netherlands--and, across the Atlantic, in the United States and Canada. This systematic, data-rich comparison reveals their progress and the barriers they face in an array of institutions--from labor markets and neighborhoods to educational and political systems--and considers the controversial questions of religion,...
Strangers No More is the first book to compare immigrant integration across key Western countries. Focusing on low-status newcomers and thei...