Beyond the immigrant enclave : network change and assimilation / Susan Wierzbicki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Susan K. (Sociologist)

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The new Americans

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--United States--Social conditions.

Minorities.

Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Social networks--United States.

Social networks.

Acculturation--United States.

Acculturation.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Community life--United States.

Community life.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--1980-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Immigrant communities even poor ones are often portrayed as solidary and supportive. Wierzbicki examines the presence and homogeneity of ties among the foreign- and native-born of different ethnic groups. She finds that the foreign-born consistently report fewer ties than the native-born, in part because of less education or shorter duration of residence.The foreign-born also have more ethnically homogeneous ties, even when they live outside enclaves and in wealthier areas. This finding has implications for theories of assimilation or incorporation. For lack of network data, previous examination of assimilation has often relied on patterns of residential settlement rather than actual social ties. This study indicates that the foreign-born may assimilate spatially but not socially."

Contents:

Immigrant networks

Community as networks and place

The presence of strong ties

Kinship ties

Ties among neighbors

Similarity of neighborhood ties

The community typology and immigrants.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-160) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-36141-7

9786610361410

1-59332-122-8

OCLC:

58678882