Hispanic migration and urban development [[electronic resource] ] : studies from Washington DC / / edited by Enrique S. Pumar

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8680753
• Soggetto topico: Hispanic Americans; Ethnic relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PumarEnrique S. <1956->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; HISPANIC MIGRATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: STUDIES FROM WASHINGTON DC; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; NOTES; REFERENCES; SECTION I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES; METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: A NEW IMMIGRANT GATEWAY; HISTORICAL IMMIGRATION AND URBAN SETTLEMENT TRENDS; WASHINGTON, DC: A CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRANT GATEWAY; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CAPABILITY, AND THE SEGMENTED ASSIMILATION OF HISPANICS IN WASHINGTON, DC; INTRODUCTION; OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE WASHINGTON, DC, REGION ; SOCIAL CAPABILITIES AND STOCK OF KNOWLEDGE: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK METHODOLOGY; FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; NEW DATA, NEW HORIZONS, AND NEW MEASURES: THEORETICAL AND APPLIED OUTCOMES RELATED TO THE REGIONAL FOCUS OF RESEARCH ON ETHNIC POPULATIONS; INTRODUCTION; SOCIAL REALITIES AND SOCIAL THEORY; THE HISPANIC PRESENCE; THE HISPANIC REALITY AND PLACE; ETHNICITY IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE; FROM THEORY TO PRACTICES; THE PRACTICES OF PLURALISM AND OF SOCIAL FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT; THE CHALLENGE; NOTES; REFERENCES; SECTION II: DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES ; A GROWING AND DIVERSE POPULATION: LATINOS IN THE WASHINGTON, DC, METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION GROWTH AND DISPERSION IN THE CAPITAL REGION; WASHINGTON'S HISPANIC POPULATION IS DIVERSE AND UNIQUE; OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAPITAL REGION'S LATINOS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; SECTION III: ISSUE AREAS; RESIDENTIAL PATTERNS AND AN OVERVIEW OF SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON, DC, METROPOLITAN REGION; DEFINING RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; LATINOS AND RACIAL CHANGE IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON, DC, METROPOLITAN REGION ; LATINO POPULATION CHANGE IN MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION IN METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON, DC; THE IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION ON CHILDREN IN METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON, DC; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; HISPANIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A GLOBAL CITY: THE BOLIVIAN DIASPORA IN WASHINGTON, DC; IMMIGRANTS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND GLOBAL CITIES; METHODOLOGY; METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AS A LATINO DESTINATION; THE BOLIVIAN CASE STUDY; BOLIVIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; SPATIAL STRATEGIES; BOLIVIAN NETWORKS AND STRATEGIES; ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TRANSNATIONAL LINKAGES; CONCLUSION ; NOTES REFERENCES; LATINO ORGANIZATIONS AND IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION IN THE WASHINGTON, DC, REGION; INTRODUCTION; GROWTH OF ORGANIZATIONS MIRRORS IMMIGRATION FLOWS; CHARACTERISTICS OF LATINO ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DC REGION; POLITICAL CONTEXT; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; STRENGTHENING AND UNIFYING LATINO AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES: COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY IN WASHINGTON, DC; EVOLUTION OF A COMMUNITY-BASED, MULTICULTURAL LEARNING COMMUNITY IN WASHINGTON, DC; OUR CENTER AND OUR PURPOSE: CULTURAL UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN WASHINGTON, DC; PREVENTION; EARLY CHILDHOOD; AFTER-SCHOOL; CONTEXT AND THE ENVIRONMENT ; SCHOOL SETTING
• Sommario/riassunto: This book analyzes the pattern of assimilation and incorporation among the Hispanic population in the Washington DC metro region. It makes a considerable contribution to the literature of emerging gateways in the field of migration and urban development with articles from notable academics and public policy analysts in their respective fields.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hispanic migration and urban development
• ISBN: 1-283-63499-6; 1-78052-345-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462504703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in Race and Ethnic Relations