Post-1965 Immigration to the United States

Structural Determinants

Inbunden, Engelska, 1995

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Why do countries differ substantially in the size of legal permanent immigration to the United States since 1965, even after the repeal of the discriminatory national origins quota system? The author demonstrates that development theory, world system theory and immigrants' social network theory all contain partial truths, but not one of them captures the entire immigration process. Here cross-national differences in the size of post-1965 immigration are shown as the outcomes of multi-dimensional forces, including the source country's development, U.S. involvement in the country, immigrants' resources, and the interactions of these factors. Scholars and readers interested in immigration, demography, sociology, history, international relations, cross-national analysis and social change will find this book an interesting and useful addition to their list of resources.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1995-02-14
Mått156 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt595 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780275950019

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PHILIP Q. YANG received his undergraduate education at Zhongshan University (Sun Yat-Sen University), in the People's Republic of China, and his M.A. and Ph.D. at UCLA. He currently teaches in the Department of Sociology at UCLA. His research interests include immigration, citizenship acquisition, ethnicity, social demography, and China's population issues. Most of his articles have appeared in such journals as International Migration Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Population and Environment.

List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPost-1965 Immigration to the United States: Background, Trends, and Cross-National VariationsStructural Determinants of Cross-National Variation in Immigration: A Theoretical OverviewData and MethodologyStructural Determinants of Cross-National Variation in Total Immigration to the U.S.: A Cross-National AnalysisGeneral Applicability of the Analytical FrameworkConclusionAppendix A: Immigration Preference SystemsAppendix B: Countries and Their Classifications Used in the AnalysesAppendix C: Measurement Models for Latent Variables in Final Causal ModelsSelected Bibliography