Second generations: Past, present, future
Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: The emerging US scholarship on the ‘new second generation’ has begun on a note of inflected pessimism; the prevailing approaches forecast a future of ‘second generation decline’ or ‘segmented assimilation’. This article takes a doubting, if friendly, look at these influential hypotheses. We begin with a review of the basic approach, outlining the logic of argument, and specifying the central contentions. We then head towards the past, in search of material that will illuminate both the parallels and points of distinction between the immigrant children who grew up in the first half of the twentieth century and those who will move into adulthood during the century to come. Last, we return to the present, inquiring both into the characteristics of those children of immigrants who might find themselves at risk, and the precise source of any such peril.
Authors: Roger Waldinger, Joel Perlmann
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2135645321