This volume brings together scholars working at the cutting-edge of theory and empirical research on integration and assimilation in the US and Europe. It is dedicated to the life and works of Richard Alba, who has done so much to re-invigorate and establish ideas about integration and assimilation.
This volume brings together scholars working at the cutting-edge of theory and empirical research on integration and assimilation in the US and Europe. It is dedicated to the life and works of Richard Alba, who has done so much to re-invigorate and establish ideas about integration and assimilation.
Paul Statham is Professor of Migration and Director of Sussex Centre for Migration Research, a Centre of Excellence at the University of Sussex. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Paul is a political sociologist. He has written several collaborative books, including Contested Citizenship: immigration and cultural diversity in Europe (2005), edited volumes, and more than 80 articles in refereed journals. His current research interests are integration and assimilation perspectives; Islam and Muslim minorities in Europe; and mobilities and migration between Europe and Thailand. Nancy Foner is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her many books on immigration include From Ellis Island to JFK: New York's Two Great Waves of Immigration (2000), Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe (co-authored with Richard Alba, 2015), and most recently, One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America (2022).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Assimilation and integration in the twenty-first century: where have we been and where are we going? 1. Culture's role in assimilation and integration: the expansion and growing diversity of U.S. popular culture 2. 'People of Color' as a category and identity in the United States 3. The Asian American assimilation paradox 4. Becoming white or becoming mainstream? Defining the endpoint of assimilation 5. Immigration and the transformation of American society: politics, the economy, and popular culture 6. Cultural adaptation and demographic change: evidence from Mexican-American naming patterns after the California Gold Rush 7. Outgroup mobility threat - how much intergenerational integration is wanted? 8. Immigration theory between assimilation and discrimination 9. Challenging the Muslimification of Muslims in research on 'liberal democratic values': why culture matters beyond religion 10. Relational integration: from integrating migrants to integrating social relations 11. Integration into diversity theory renewing - once again - assimilation theory 12. Re-thinking assimilation and why it matters: an intellectual, career and life journey - Richard Alba in conversation with Paul Statham
Introduction: Assimilation and integration in the twenty-first century: where have we been and where are we going? 1. Culture's role in assimilation and integration: the expansion and growing diversity of U.S. popular culture 2. 'People of Color' as a category and identity in the United States 3. The Asian American assimilation paradox 4. Becoming white or becoming mainstream? Defining the endpoint of assimilation 5. Immigration and the transformation of American society: politics, the economy, and popular culture 6. Cultural adaptation and demographic change: evidence from Mexican-American naming patterns after the California Gold Rush 7. Outgroup mobility threat - how much intergenerational integration is wanted? 8. Immigration theory between assimilation and discrimination 9. Challenging the Muslimification of Muslims in research on 'liberal democratic values': why culture matters beyond religion 10. Relational integration: from integrating migrants to integrating social relations 11. Integration into diversity theory renewing - once again - assimilation theory 12. Re-thinking assimilation and why it matters: an intellectual, career and life journey - Richard Alba in conversation with Paul Statham
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