Do They Stay Connected? A Comparative Analysis of Immigrant Home and Host Country Ties

他们保持联系吗？

• 批准号: 0751944
• 负责人: Roger Waldinger
• 金额: $ 10.54万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-04-01 至 2010-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0751944&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Do; They; Stay; Connected; Comparative

SES-0751944Roger WaldingerUniversity of California, Los AngelesImmigrants continue to be connected to the countries from which they come, engaging in the large-scale, routine activities of visiting, communication, and remittance sending, as well as the concerted, though less common activities, of home country politics and immigrant philanthropy. While these myriad linkages -- which many scholars call "transnational" -- are a salient aspect of the immigrant phenomenon, there is no single pattern, with connections varying in strength and prevalence across populations. This research studies how immigrants' options to remain connected to their homelands are at once affected by host country responses and also change as a result of the immigrant experience and the encounter with the host country and its institutions. The investigator hypothesizes that many international migrants will engage in cross-border social action of one form or another, that only a relatively small minority maintain regular and recurrent home country ties. On the other hand, many immigrants remain in a protracted state of transition, which is why complete disengagement from all cross-border activities is likely to be relatively uncommon. Moreover, the complex of possible trans-state activities is unlikely to come together in a single, coherent cluster; rather, it is apt to vary, depending on where a migrant stands on the trajectory of political or social incorporation. The types of migrants likely to engage in trans-state social action are also likely to differ from one from one dimension to one another, with the factors influencing cross-state social action yielding positive effects on some dimensions, and negative effects on others. Last, cross-border connectivity and collectivity are likely to shift at an uneven pace, with the latter persisting well after the former has largely fallen away.Using a number of large-scale, representative surveys of the immigrant population living in the United States, the investigator will analyze the determinants of routine cross-border exchanges and ties; home country political involvement; home v host-country identity and attachment; U.S. political participation; and participation in ethnic organizations and politics. Although only a few of the surveys entail national cross sections of the total immigrant population, they include numerous nationally representative surveys of Latino immigrants and of Mexican immigrants in particular, as well as several large-scale regionally representative surveys of Asians, an obviously important component of the contemporary immigrant population and one whose homeland connections are likely to take a form and be influenced by factors quite different from those found among Latinos. As a collectivity, these data sets are extraordinarily rich, containing detailed information about a broad range of cross-border activities and attachments, as well as U.S.-oriented activities and identities. Research findings contribute to scholarly and public understandings of immigration and its impact on the United States. While home country ties are a distinguishing feature of the immigrant phenomenon, public and governmental reactions vary greatly. The American public often responds warily, interpreting home country involvement as an indicator of "dual loyalty." Sending governments and international organizations view the matter very differently, seeing these connections as the means by which immigrants in rich countries can transfer resources to their kin living in poor countries. Both public and governmental views are based on limited knowledge of the phenomenon. This research will provide a better understanding of the prevalence of home country ties, their variation across populations, and the relationship between home country connectivity and national identity and attachment.

SES-0751944罗杰·瓦尔丁格加州大学洛杉矶分校移民继续与他们来自的国家保持联系，从事大规模的日常活动，访问，通信和汇款，以及协调一致，但不太常见的活动，母国的政治和移民慈善事业。 虽然这些无数的联系----许多学者称之为“跨国”联系----是移民现象的一个突出方面，但并不存在单一的模式，不同人口之间的联系在强度和普遍程度上各不相同。 这项研究研究探讨了移民如何选择与其祖国保持联系，这一方面受到东道国反应的影响，另一方面又因移民的经历以及与东道国及其机构的接触而发生变化。 调查人员假设，许多国际移民将从事一种或另一种形式的跨境社会行动，只有相对少数保持定期和经常性的母国联系。 另一方面，许多移民仍处于长期的过渡状态，这就是为什么完全脱离所有跨界活动可能相对罕见的原因。 此外，可能的跨州活动的复杂性不太可能集中在一个单一的、连贯的集群中;相反，它往往会有所不同，这取决于移民在政治或社会融合的轨迹上所处的位置。 可能参与跨州社会行动的移民类型也可能从一个维度到另一个维度不同，影响跨州社会行动的因素对某些维度产生积极影响，对其他维度产生负面影响。 最后，跨境联系和集体性可能会以不均衡的速度变化，在前者基本上消失之后，后者会持续很长时间。研究者将使用一些大规模的、对居住在美国的移民人口的代表性调查，分析日常跨境交流和联系的决定因素;母国政治参与;母国与东道国的身份和依恋;美国政治参与;以及参与种族组织和政治。 虽然只有少数调查涉及移民总人口的全国横截面，但其中包括许多对拉丁美洲移民，特别是墨西哥移民的全国代表性调查，以及对亚洲人的几次大规模区域代表性调查，显然是当代移民人口的重要组成部分，而且其祖国联系可能会采取某种形式并受到相当多因素的影响与拉丁美洲人不同。作为一个整体，这些数据集非常丰富，包含有关广泛的跨境活动和附件的详细信息，以及美国-面向活动和身份。 研究结果有助于学术和公众了解移民及其对美国的影响。 虽然母国关系是移民现象的一个显著特征，但公众和政府的反应差异很大。 美国公众通常对此反应谨慎，将母国的参与解释为“双重忠诚”的指标。“派遣国政府和国际组织对这一问题的看法截然不同，他们认为这些联系是富国移民将资源转移给穷国亲属的手段。 公众和政府的观点都是基于对这一现象的有限了解。 这项研究将提供一个更好的了解母国关系的流行，他们在人群中的变化，以及母国连接和国家认同和依恋之间的关系。