Migration and Social Cohesion

by Steven Vertovec

Overview

There is a common assumption that immigrants contribute significantly to the breakdown of social cohesion. However, researchers and policymakers 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. The articles by some of the foremost writers in the field cover models and frameworks of immigrant incorporation, debates in multicultural policy, immigrant and ethnic minority political participation, citizenship, entrepreneurship and language and sociocultural adaptation.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858988689
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	07/26/1999
Series:	The International Library of Studies on Migration series , #7
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Steven Vertovec, Director, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany

Table of Contents

Contents:

Acknowledgements • Introduction

Part I: Frameworks
1. Stephen Castles (1995), ‘How Nation-States Respond to Immigration and Ethnic Diversity’
2. Bhikhu Parekh (1996), ‘Minority Practices and Principles of Toleration’
3. Stephen Castles (1992), ‘The Australian Model of Immigration and Multiculturalism: Is It Applicable to Europe?’
4. Robert Miles (1989), ‘Migration Discourse in Post-1945 British Politics’
5. Patrick Weil and John Crowley (1994), ‘Integration in Theory and Practice: A Comparison of France and Britain’
6. Barbara Schmitter Heisler (1992), ‘The Future of Immigrant Incorporation: Which Models? Which Concepts?’
Part II: Institutions
7. Uwe Andersen (1990), ‘Consultative Institutions for Migrant Workers’
8. Robert L. Bach (1993), ‘Recrafting the Common Good: Immigration and Community’
9. Barbara E. Schmitter (1980), ‘Immigrants and Associations: Their Role in the Socio-Politcal Process of Immigrant Worker Integration in West Germany and Switzerland’
10. Mark J. Miller (1989), ‘Political Participation and Representation of Noncitizens’
11. Maritta Soininen and Henry Bäck (1993), ‘Electoral Participation among Immigrants in Sweden: Integration, Culture and Participation’
12. Steven Vertovec (1996), ‘Multiculturalism, Culturalism and Public Incorporation’
13. Alisdair Rogers (1998), ‘The Spaces of Multiculturalism and Citizenship’
Part III: Citizenship
14. William Rogers Brubaker (1989), ‘Membership without Citizenship: The Economic and Social Rights of Noncitizens’
15. Zig Layton-Henry (1990), ‘Citizenship or Denizenship for Migrant Workers?’
16. H.M. Hintjens (1992), ‘Immigration and Citizenship Debates: Reflections on Ten Common Themes’
17. Rainer Bauböck (1994), ‘Changing the Boundaries of Citizenship: The Inclusion of Immigrants in Democratic Polities’
18. Dilek Çinar (1994), ‘From Aliens to Citizens. A Comparative Analysis of Rules of Transition’
19. Tomas Hammar (1985), ‘Dual Citizenship and Political Integration’
Part IV: Dynamics
20. Myron Weiner (1996), ‘Determinants of Immigrant Integration: An International Comparative Analysis’
21. Herbert J. Gans (1979), ‘Symbolic Ethnicity: The Future of Ethnic Groups and Cultures in America’
22. Vaughan Robinson (1984), ‘Asians in Britain: A Study in Encapsulation and Marginality’
23. Won Moo Hurh and Kwang Chung Kim (1984), ‘Adhesive Sociocultural Adaptation of Korean Immigrants in the U.S.: An Alternative Strategy of Minority Adaptation’
24. Alejandro Portes and Min Zhou (1993), ‘The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants’
25. Ivan Light (1984), ‘Immigrant and Ethnic Enterprise in North America’
26. Melvyn C. Resnick (1988), ‘Beyond the Ethnic Community: Spanish Language Roles and Maintenance in Miami’
Name Index

Editorial Reviews

'The volume under review can be described as a teacher's goldmine . . . the volume can serve well as a general introduction to a complex field of study.'

Hans van Amersfoort

'With its very comprehensive introduction and representative selection of articles, this volume will serve as a well-guided tour through the wilderness of concept and theories on immigrant incorporation.'

Eva ostergaard-Nielsen

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)

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