1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480621203321

Titolo

The Next Generation : Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective / / Richard Alba, Mary C. Waters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-8147-0538-3

0-8147-0762-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Disciplina

305.23086912

Soggetti

Group identity

Assimilation (Sociology)

Children of immigrants - Education

Children of immigrants - Economic conditions

Children of immigrants - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-345) and  index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Dimensions of Second-Generation: Incorporation An Introduction to the Book -- 2. Legalization and Naturalization Trajectories among Mexican Immigrants and Their Implications for the Second Generation -- 3. Early Childhood Education Programs -- 4. The Mexican American Second Generation in Census 2000 -- 5. Downward Assimilation and Mexican Americans -- 6. School Qualifications of Children of Immigrant Descent in Switzerland -- 7. Ethnic Community, Urban Economy, and Second-Generation Attainment -- 8. The Second Generation in the German Labor Market -- 9. Capitals, Ethnic Identity, and Educational Qualifications -- 10. National and Urban Contexts for the Integration of the Second Generation in the United States and Canada -- 11. “I Will Never Deliver Chinese Food” -- 12. Black Identities and the Second Generation -- 13. How Do Educational Systems Integrate? -- 14. The Employment of Second Generations in France -- References -- About the Contributors -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

One fifth of the population of the United States belongs to the immigrant or second generations. While the US is generally thought of as the immigrant society par excellence, it now has a number of rivals in Europe. The Next Generation brings together studies from top immigration scholars to explore how the integration of immigrants affects the generations that come after. The original essays explore the early beginnings of the second generation in the United States and Western Europe, exploring the overall patterns of success of the second generation. While there are many striking similarities in the situations of the children of labor immigrants coming from outside the highly developed worlds of Europe and North America, wherever one looks, subtle features of national and local contexts interact with characteristics of the immigrant groups themselves to create variations in second-generation trajectories. The contributors show that these issues are of the utmost importance for the future, for they will determine the degree to which contemporary immigration will produce either durable ethno-racial cleavages or mainstream integration. Contributors: Dalia Abdel-Hady, Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown, Maurice Crul, Nancy A. Denton, Rosita Fibbi, Nancy Foner, Anthony F. Heath, Donald J. Hernandez, Tariqul Islam, Frank Kalter, Philip Kasinitz, Mark A. Leach, Mathias Lerch, Suzanne E. Macartney, Karen G Marotz, Noriko Matsumoto, Tariq Modood, Joel Perlmann, Karen Phalet, Jeffrey G. Reitz, Rubén G. Rumbaut, Roxanne Silberman, Philippe Wanner, Aviva Zeltzer-Zubida, and Ye Zhang.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910136407903321

Autore

Martina Vitale Ney

Titolo

Alimentazione, cultura e società in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : crisi globali, risorse locali / / Valerio Bini, Martina Vitale Ney (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ledizioni, 2015

Milan : , : Ledizioni, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

88-5526-032-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Di/segni

Soggetti

Food industry and trade - Social aspects - Africa

Food - Economic aspects - Africa

Agriculture - Africa

Agricultural Economics

Business & Economics

Africa Economic policy Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Presentazione --Introduzione --Parte prima: culture alimentari e società --Parte seconda: politiche del cibo.

Sommario/riassunto

Il volume è dedicato al rapporto tra alimentazione, cultura e società nell’Africa contemporanea. Ricercatori di diverse discipline (geografia, letteratura, antropologia, economia) si confrontano con operatori della cooperazione internazionale per approfondire le criticità nell’accesso al cibo in Africa e analizzare le risorse materiali e immateriali che le società africane attivano in questo settore. Una particolare attenzione è dedicata alle strategie delle comunità locali in ambito agricolo e alimentare: in un contesto globale caratterizzato da forti squilibri, la dimensione locale costituisce un’importante opportunità per garantire un’alimentazione sufficiente e di qualità, conservando e valorizzando l’ambiente e le culture africane.