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. INDICE: 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 Modesof 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
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22395-0
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 27/08/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés