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Reference Type: Journal Article
Author: Culic, Irina - Anghel, Remus Gabriel
Year: 2012
Title: Guest Editors Foreword for the Special Issue on "Ethnicity in Migration". Romanian Immigrants at Home and Abroad
Journal: Studia Sociologia
Volume: 2:Ethnicity in Migration. Romanian Immigrants at Home and Abroad
Pages: 3-9.
Language: English
Keywords: General, sociology, migration, ethnic identity, employment,
Abstract: The question of ethnicity has been for a long time central to social science scholars researching international migration3. The role of ethnicity in processes of adaptation, integration, and assimilation of immigrants in the United States captured early on the attention of urban sociologists and policy makers (Thomas and Znaniecki, 1984; Gordon, 1964). The formation of hyphenatedommunities, ethnic political mobilisation, and the emergence of ethnic economies within immigrant societies of the West have been constant topics of scrutiny and extensive research. Initially, the study of immigrant settlement took on the viewpoint of their eventual absorption in destination societies, influenced by notions of exclusive citizenship and political danger represented by foreigners, prevalent at the beginning of the twentieth century. This approach tended to accentuate the importance of ethno-cultural bases of immigrant groups, directi
ng the analysisaround the progress of assimilation or the formation of ethnic enclaves. Present scholarship now looks at both sides of the process, bringing valuable insights into the changes in ethnic, racial, social and gender hierarchies made by immigrant presence and interaction with the local society (Ong, 1996; Jacobson, 1998). The focus on destination societies and the emphasis on ethnicity in immigrants' incorporation are shifting studies towards events and processes taking place at origin (Brettell, 1986; Brubaker, 1998; Massey,Durand, and Malone, 2002), and towards the social space generated by immigrants, which maintain substantial and sustained relations between their homeand settlement societies (Basch, Glick Schiller, and Szanton Blanc, 1994; Ong,1999; Levitt, 2001). There is also increased interest in state politics of ethnic selection, and phenomena of large-scale ethnic migration (Groenendijk 1997; Münz and Ohliger 2003; Joppke 2005; Tsuda 2009).
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