The Next Generation : Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective.

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alba, Richard D.
Otros Autores: Waters, Mary C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2011.
Temas:
Children of immigrants > Social conditions > Cross-cultural studies.
Children of immigrants > Economic conditions > Cross-cultural studies.
Children of immigrants > Education > Cross-cultural studies.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Group identity > Cross-cultural studies.
Enfants d'immigrants > Conditions sociales > Études transculturelles.
Enfants d'immigrants > Conditions économiques > Études transculturelles.
Enfants d'immigrants > Éducation > Études transculturelles.
Assimilation (Sociologie)
Identité collective > Études transculturelles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Children of immigrants > Economic conditions
Children of immigrants > Education
Children of immigrants > Social conditions
Group identity
Cross-cultural studies
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; 1 Dimensions of Second-Generation Incorporation: An Introduction to the Book; PART I: STARTING POINTS; 2 Legalization and Naturalization Trajectories among Mexican Immigrants and Their Implications for the Second Generation; 3 Early Childhood Education Programs: Accounting for Low Enrollment in Immigrant and Minority Families; PART II: MAJOR CASE STUDIES; 4 The Mexican American Second Generation in Census 2000: Education and Earnings; 5 Downward Assimilation and Mexican Americans: An Examination of Intergenerational Advance and Stagnation in Educational Attainment.
  • 6 School Qualifications of Children of Immigrant Descent in Switzerland7 Ethnic Community, Urban Economy, and Second-Generation Attainment: Turkish Disadvantage in Belgium; 8 The Second Generation in the German Labor Market: Explaining the Turkish Exception; 9 Capitals, Ethnic Identity, and Educational Qualifications; PART III: THE ROLE OF LOCAL CONTEXT; 10 National and Urban Contexts for the Integration of the Second Generation in the United States and Canada; 11 "I Will Never Deliver Chinese Food": The Children of Immigrants in the New York Metropolitan Labor Force.
  • PART IV: IN CLOSING:COMPARATIVE STUDIES12 Black Identities and the Second Generation: Afro-Caribbeans in Britain and the United States; 13 How Do Educational Systems Integrate? Integration of Second-Generation Turks in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Austria; 14 The Employment of Second Generations in France: The Republican Model and the November 2005 Riots; References; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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