The Next Generation : : Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective /

The Next Generation : : Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective / / ed. by Mary C. Waters, Richard Alba.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Abdel-Hady, Dalia,
Alba, Richard,
Bean, Frank D.,
Brown, Susan K.,
Crul, Maurice,
Denton, Nancy A.,
Fibbi, Rosita,
Foner, Nancy,
Heath, Anthony,
Hernandez, Donald J.,
Islam, Tariqul,
Kalter, Frank,
Kasinitz, Philip,
Leach, Mark A.,
Lerch, Mathias,
Macartney, Suzanne,
Marotz, Karen,
Matsumoto, Noriko,
Modood, Tariq,
Perlmann, Joel,
Phalet, Karen,
Reitz, Jeffrey G.,
Rumbaut, Rubén G.,
Silberman, Roxane,
Wanner, Philippe,
Waters, Mary C.,
Zeltzer-Zubida, Aviva,
Zhang, Ye,
HerausgeberIn:
Alba, Richard,
Waters, Mary C.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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
  • PART II. Major Case Studies
  • 4. The Mexican American Second Generation in Census 2000
  • 5. Downward Assimilation and Mexican Americans
  • 6. School Qualifications of Children of Immigrant Descent in Switzerland
  • 7. Ethnic Community, Urban Economy, and Second-Generation Attainment
  • 8. The Second Generation in the German Labor Market
  • 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”
  • PART IV. In Closing Comparative Studies
  • 12. Black Identities and the Second Generation
  • 13. How Do Educational Systems Integrate?
  • 14. The Employment of Second Generations in France
  • References
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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