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Economic and political integration in immigrant neighborhoods : trajectories of virtuous and vicious cycles / Lauretta Conklin Frederking.
Van Pelt Library DA676.9.S6 F74 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frederking, Lauretta Conklin, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South Asians--England--London--Economic conditions.
- South Asians.
- Gujaratis (Indic people).
- Economic conditions.
- Panjabis (South Asian people).
- Immigrants.
- History.
- London (England)--Ethnic relations.
- London (England).
- South Asians--Illinois--Chicago--Economic conditions.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Ethnic relations.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Immigrants--England--London--History--20th century.
- Immigrants--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Panjabis (South Asian people)--England--London--Economic conditions.
- Gujaratis (Indic people)--Illinois--Chicago--Economic conditions.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- England--London.
- Physical Description:
- 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Understanding why culture becomes an integral part of economic and political activities remains a central puzzle in social sciences. This study analyzes different patterns of community organization, develops a theoretical explanation for the contrasting patterns and empirically addresses when and how social bonds are a source of economic success and political integration. The substantive focus of this book is immigrant communities and how they organize politically and economically. Through interviews, survey data, and observation, it is an empirical study of two Indian communities in three countries--India, Britain, and the U.S. Beyond analyzing the variation across immigrant groups, the author explains why these different patterns of organization emerge by tracing the communities from point of origin in the home country, to the place of settlement in the host countries.
- Contents:
- The puzzle
- The argument
- Reframing culture, path dependency, and immigration
- Group organization and economic strategies
- Group organization and integration
- Community characteristics and country of origin
- Laws, policies, and patterns of transition
- Gujaratis and Punjabis in Chicago, U.S.A.
- Conclusion
- Cultural assimilation or multicultural integration?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781575911113
- 1575911116
- OCLC:
- 71581803
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