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ERIC Number: EJ490369
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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Should Immigrants Assimilate?
Portes, Alejandro; Zhou, Min
Public Interest, n116 p18-33 Sum 1994
The expectation that acculturation is the path to social mobility for immigrants is contradicted by a number of empirical studies. A closer look, however, shows that the process has not changed entirely but has become segmented. The sector to which an immigrant group assimilates has become the central issue. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Pluralism, Economic Factors, Ethnic Groups, Futures (of Society), Immigrants, Minority Groups, Public Policy, Refugees, Social Integration, Social Mobility, Social Support Groups, Urban Areas
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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