Sin Yi Cheung

Chinese Immigrant Adaptation in Western Societies

A Cross-National Comparison

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the social and economic positions of recent Chinese immigrants and their children in four western developed countries: Australia, Britain, Canada and USA.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2029
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9780415879750
• ISBN-10: 0415879752
• Artikelnr.: 33256875

Autorenporträt

Sin Yi Cheung taught at Oxford Brookes University before taking up a senior lectureship in Sociology at University of Birmingham, UK. Her research interests are in the areas of social stratification, sociology of education and social inequalities, with a specific focus on ethnic minorities in western countries and in comparative research. Her most recent work, Unequal Chances: Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets (British Academy and Oxford University Press, 2007), was a comparative study co-led with Professor Anthony Heath at University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Chinese Immigrants in Western Societies: A Cross-National Perspective 2.
Diverse Origins and Destinations 3. Education and Qualification 4.
Employment and Occupations 5. Earnings and Income 6. Conclusion: Chinese
Adaptation in Western Societies - Towards a Middle Class Dream? Technical
Appendix