Assimilation and the U.S. Host Society

同化和美国东道国社会

• 批准号: 1121281
• 负责人: Tomas Jimenez
• 金额: $ 14.64万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1121281&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Assimilation; U.S.; Host; Society

SES-1121281Tomas JimenezStanford UniversityAbstractAssimilation and the U.S. Host SocietyHow do host-society individuals - those who are US-born of US-born parents - participate in a relational process of assimilation which involves immigrants? For the last century, assimilation research has regarded the host society as shaping the assimilation of immigrants and their descendents. Recent theoretical innovations recognize that the variegated nature of U.S. society along ethnoracial and class lines may mean that immigrants and their children experience a segmented form of assimilation. Research based on classical assimilation theory and its newer variants do not account for how host-society individuals are themselves assimilating in a context shaped by immigration. The proposed project focuses on host-society individuals and examines how ethnoracial and class context shapes their experiences. It aims to make sense of a relational and potentially mutually influencing assimilation process. The study employs in-depth interviews with host-society individuals and observations in three areas in the southern part San Francisco Bay Area, CA ("Silicon Valley"): East Palo Alto, Cupertino, and Berryessa (a subsection of San José). Each area has a different ethnoracial and class profile, capturing the segmented nature of the contexts in which assimilation unfolds. The study flips the assimilation equation by examining how the outcomes normally associated with immigrant assimilation apply to host-society individuals. It examines their ethnoracial identity perceptions of ethnoracial boundaries, everyday practices, the ethnoracial composition of their social networks and their conceptions of American national identity vis-à-vis immigration. The sample of roughly 180 in-depth interview respondents (60 in each locale) will be divided into three age cohorts in order to assess how assimilation among host-society individuals unfolds across cohorts. The project also includes interviews with key informants in each locale and observational data. The project has the potential to transform the social-scientific understanding of assimilation by providing a fuller account of how both immigrants "guest" and native-born "hosts" participate in assimilation.Broader ImpactsThe project's broader impacts are related to immigration policy (including addressing how immigration may or may not be changing U.S. society). The project will contribute to greater public understanding of the influence of immigration on the United States.

SES-1121281托马斯·希门尼斯斯坦福大学摘要同化与美国东道国社会东道国社会的个人——那些在美国出生、父母在美国出生的人——如何参与涉及移民的同化关系过程？ 上个世纪，同化研究认为东道国社会塑造了移民及其后代的同化。最近的理论创新认识到，美国社会在种族和阶级方面的多样化本质可能意味着移民及其子女经历了分段形式的同化。 基于经典同化理论及其新变体的研究并没有考虑东道国社会的个人本身如何在移民塑造的背景下进行同化。拟议的项目重点关注东道国社会的个人，并研究民族和阶级背景如何塑造他们的经历。它的目的是理解一个相关的、潜在的相互影响的同化过程。 该研究采用了对东道国社会个人的深入访谈以及对加利福尼亚州旧金山湾区（“硅谷”）南部三个地区的观察：东帕洛阿尔托、库比蒂诺和贝里萨（圣何塞的一个分区）。 每个地区都有不同的民族和阶级概况，捕捉同化展开的背景的分段性质。 该研究通过研究通常与移民同化相关的结果如何适用于东道国社会的个人，翻转了同化方程。 它考察了他们对种族边界的民族身份认知、日常实践、社交网络的民族构成以及他们对移民的美国国家身份的看法。 大约 180 名深度访谈受访者（每个地区 60 名）的样本将被分为三个年龄组，以评估东道国社会个体之间的同化如何在不同组别中展开。 该项目还包括对每个地点的主要知情人的采访和观察数据。 该项目有可能通过更全面地说明移民“客人”和本地出生的“主人”如何参与同化来改变对同化的社会科学理解。 更广泛的影响该项目的更广泛影响与移民政策有关（包括解决移民可能会或可能不会改变美国社会的问题）。该项目将有助于公众更好地了解移民对美国的影响。