Immigrant Transnationalism and Modes of Incorporation

移民跨国主义和融入模式

• 批准号: 0752644
• 负责人: Elizabeth Aranda
• 金额: $ 16.19万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 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: 2008-05-01 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0752644&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Immigrant; Transnationalism; Modes; Incorporation

SES-0752644Elizabeth ArandaElena SabogalElizabeth VaqueraUniversity of South FloridaFor decades scholars and policy makers have equated successful immigrant incorporation with assimilation to the dominant white, American middle-class culture. Research on transnational immigrants (those whose patterns of living transcend the boundaries of any one nation) has called into question the use of assimilation theory to describe contemporary immigrant incorporation. Research on the children of immigrants has gone further to suggest that assimilation compromises immigrant psychological and physical health. Using random survey methods, the research studies the modes of incorporation of recent, post-1986, Latin American immigrants in South Florida. The Institute for Public Opinion Research (IPOR) at Florida International University will conduct a phone survey of a sample of 1200 immigrants. Data will be collected to address the issue of to what extent (if any) immigrant integration has taken on a transnational character, meaning that immigrants both assimilate to some aspects of American culture while continuing to be involved in their home countries. Links between particular modes of integration (e.g. bi-national integration versus other forms of assimilation such as segmented assimilation and selective acculturation) and immigrants' subjective assessment of their well-being will also be examined. Given the increase in the numbers of immigrants coming to the United States and the growing diversity in terms of their social origins, the research will provide important insights into the extent of continued involvement in home societies and whether such involvement, 1) deters or encourages integration to U.S. society; and, 2) if a particular mode of incorporation ameliorates the adverse impact of U.S. struggles documented by previous researchers who have argued that assimilation jeopardizes the health of immigrants. Broader Impacts: The research provides a research experience for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of South Florida and William Paterson University. The data will be integrated into courses to expand students' methodological skills as well as their understandings of immigration as a substantive area of study in Sociology. The data collected from this project will be made available to undergraduate and graduate students at participating universities for use in theses and dissertations. Moreover, the project increases the participation of historically underrepresented groups in research (all three of the researchers are Hispanic/Latina). The study's findings will shed new light on how new immigrants are integrating into established immigrant communities and what particular modes of integration most enhance immigrant subjective well-being. These findings have policy implications, particularly as immigration continues to be a highly contested topic of legislative debate.

SES-0752644Elizabeth ArandaElena SabogalElizabeth Vaquera 南佛罗里达大学 几十年来，学者和政策制定者将成功的移民融合等同于同化美国占主导地位的白人中产阶级文化。对跨国移民（其生活方式超越任何一个国家边界的移民）的研究对使用同化理论描述当代移民融合提出了质疑。对移民子女的研究进一步表明，同化会损害移民的心理和身体健康。 该研究采用随机调查方法，研究了 1986 年后拉丁美洲移民在南佛罗里达州的融入模式。 佛罗里达国际大学民意研究所 (IPOR) 将对 1200 名移民样本进行电话调查。 将收集数据来解决移民融合在多大程度上（如果有）具有跨国特征的问题，这意味着移民在继续融入其祖国的同时，也融入了美国文化的某些方面。 特定的融合模式（例如两国融合与其他形式的同化，如分段同化和选择性文化适应）与移民对其福祉的主观评估之间的联系也将受到审查。鉴于来到美国的移民数量不断增加，其社会出身日益多样化，这项研究将为了解持续参与本国社会的程度以及这种参与是否：1）阻碍或鼓励融入美国社会提供重要见解； 2）某种特定的融合模式是否可以减轻先前研究人员记录的美国斗争的不利影响，这些研究人员认为同化会危害移民的健康。更广泛的影响：该研究为南佛罗里达大学和威廉帕特森大学的本科生和研究生提供了研究经验。这些数据将被整合到课程中，以扩展学生的方法论技能以及他们对移民作为社会学实质性研究领域的理解。从该项目收集的数据将提供给参与大学的本科生和研究生用于论文和论文。此外，该项目还增加了历史上代表性不足的群体对研究的参与（所有三名研究人员都是西班牙裔/拉丁裔）。 该研究的结果将为新移民如何融入已建立的移民社区以及哪些特定的融入模式最能提高移民的主观幸福感提供新的线索。这些发现具有政策意义，特别是因为移民仍然是立法辩论中备受争议的话题。