Immigration & Emigration - General & Miscellaneous, Sociology - General & Miscellaneous, Immigrants
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There is a common assumption that immigrants contribute significantly to the breakdown of social cohesion. However, researchers and policy makers find that on the contrary, immigrants contribute much to their adopted societies economically, socially, culturally and politically. This volume includes a variety of key works which explore this relationship between migration and social cohesion. This authoritative collection will be of interest to students and professional researchers in sociology and anthropology, political science, cultural studies and migration and ethnic studies.Editorials
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This two-volume set addresses the common assumption that immigrants contribute significantly to the breakdown of social cohesion. It reveals that researchers and policy makers find that, on the contrary, immigrants contribute much to their adopted societies economically, socially, culturally and politically. Vertovec (social anthropology, U. of Oxford) presents 58 key works which explore this relationship between migration and social cohesion. They cover models and frameworks of immigrant incorporation, debates in multicultural policy, immigrant and ethnic minority political participation, citizenship, entrepreneurship, and language and sociocultural adaptation. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
May 26, 1999
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Pages
576
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781858988689