1. Dimensions of Second-Generation: Incorporation An Introduction to the Book
Year: 2016
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This introductory chapter looks at the factors leading to and the implications of the integration of second-generation immigrants into societies, as they diversify their host communities' ethnic, religious, and racial profiles. The second generation occupies a key position with respect to the future of the new groups and the societies where they reside, for this generation, born and/or raised in the host society, has a far greater capacity for integration than does the immigrant one. However, the complex picture of the integration of the second generation in Europe and the United States that emerges from studies of the second generation does not point to an easy answer to the question of how best to integrate the children of immigrants. Thus, this book takes on a more comparative approach in order to advance further studies on this phenomenon.
Source: New York University Press eBooks
Authors: Richard Alba, Mary C. Waters
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2481432192