Keywords:
Children of immigrants Cross-cultural studies Economic conditions
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Children of immigrants Cross-cultural studies Social conditions
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Assimilation (Sociology)
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Children of immigrants Cross-cultural studies Education
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Group identity Cross-cultural studies
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Children of immigrants - Economic conditions
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Children of immigrants ; Social conditions ; Cross-cultural studies
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Children of immigrants ; Economic conditions ; Cross-cultural studies
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Children of immigrants ; Education ; Cross-cultural studies
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Assimilation (Sociology)
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Group identity ; Cross-cultural studies
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Description / Table of Contents:
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 striking similaritie
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 369 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780814707425
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9780814707432
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http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alltitles/docDetail.action?docID=10447304
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http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=865308
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=865308
DDC:
305.23086/912
Language:
English
Note:
Includes index
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Contents; 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
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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
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PART IV: IN CLOSING:COMPARATIVE STUDIES 12 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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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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