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Economic Sociology of Immigration : Essays on Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship by Alejandro Portes (1995, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRussell Sage Foundation
ISBN-100871546825
ISBN-139780871546821
eBay Product ID (ePID)657527
Product Key Features
Number of Pages326 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEconomic Sociology of Immigration : Essays on Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
Publication Year1995
SubjectEmigration & Immigration, Sociology / General, Economics / Microeconomics
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, Business & Economics
AuthorAlejandro Portes
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight0 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN94-020933
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal330.973
Table Of Content1 Economic Sociloogy and the Sociology of nmigration A Conceptoa Overv ew A EJANDRO PORTES1 2 Socially Expected Duratons and the Economic Adjustment of Immigrants BRYAN R. ROBERTS 42: 3 Imnigration and Local Labor Markets SASRIA SAssaN 87 4 The Economic Sociology of Firms and Entrepreneurs MARK GRANO nTTER 128 5 Expanding the Interaction~ Thcory of Entrepreneurshtp IVAN LIGHT and CAROLYN RosENSTEIN 166 6 Social and Cultural Capital in the Urban Ghetto: Implications for the Economic Sociology of Immigration M. PATE CIA FEEBNAN DEZ II FIL 213 7 Chicdren of Immigrants: Segmented Assimilatoio an~d Its DererminainIs AILJANDEO FORTES24
Synopsis"Portes suggests that immigration constitutes an especially appropriate Mertonian 'strategic research site' for economic sociology in that it provides very good opportunities for investigating the embeddedness of economic relationships in social situations....the contributors expand the conventional domain of economic sociology quite literally in both time and space."--Contemporary Sociology "Alejandro Portes and his splendid band of collaborators make clear that the causes, processes, and consequences of migration vary dramatically from group to group, that a group's history makes a profound difference to its fate in the American economy. They have produced a sinewy book, a book worth arguing with."--Charles Tilly, Columbia University The Economic Sociology of Immigration forges a dynamic link between the theoretical innovations of economic sociology with the latest empirical findings from immigration research, an area of critical concern as the problems of ethnic poverty and inequality become increasingly profound. Alejandro Portes' lucid overview of sociological approaches to economic phenomena provides the framework for six thoughtful, wide-ranging investigations into ethnic and immigrant labor networks and social resources, entrepreneurship, and cultural assimilation. Mark Granovetter illustrates how small businesses built on the bonds of ethnicity and kinship can, under certain conditions, flourish remarkably well. Bryan R. Roberts demonstrates how immigrant groups' expectations of the duration of their stay influence their propensity toward entrepreneurship. Ivan Light and Carolyn Rosenstein chart how specific metropolitan environments have stimulated or impeded entrepreneurial ventures in five ethnic populations. Saskia Sassen provides a revealing analysis of the unexpectedly flexible and vital labor market networks maintained between immigrants and their native countries, while M. Patricia Fernandez Kelly looks specifically at the black inner city to examine how insular cultural values hinder the acquisition of skills and jobs outside the neighborhood. Alejandro Portes also depicts the difference between the attitudes of American-born youths and those of recent immigrants and its effect on the economic success of immigrant children.
LC Classification NumberJV6471.E27 1995
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