A Sociology of Immigration

(re)Making Multifaceted America
2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-22395-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 293 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

This book proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of international migration, processes of immigrants' assimilation and transnational engagements, and the adaptation patterns of the second generation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morawska, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Experience of Old and New Immigrants: A Comparison Mechanisms and Effects of International Migration Residential Settlement, Economic Incorporation, and Civic Reception of Immigrants Immigrants' Socio-Cultural and Civic-Political Assimilation: Different Groups, Different Contexts, and Different Trajectories Looking Beyond the Host Country: Immigrants' Transnational Engagements Immigrants' American-Born Children: Their Modes of Assimilation and Transnational Engagements In Lieu of Conclusion: Some Lessons from the Analysis of American Immigrants' Experience, Research Agendas of (Im)Migration Studies Elsewhere in the World, and What We Can Learn from Each Other Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

EWA MORAWSKA is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK. Her scholarly research focuses on comparative-historical sociology of international migration, ethnicity, and citizenship (past and present, North America and Europe). Recent publications include ; ; ; ;