ETHNICITY IN MIGRATION. ROMANIAN IMMIGRANTS AT HOME AND ABROAD
ETHNICITY IN MIGRATION. ROMANIAN IMMIGRANTS AT HOME AND ABROAD

Summary/Abstract: The question of ethnicity has been for a long time central to social science scholars researching international migration . 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 hyphenated communities, 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, directing the analysis around the progress of assimilation or the formation of ethnic enclaves.

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