The Political Incorporation of Immigrants: Citizenship and Participation in the United States and Canada

这个项目研究政治融合--移民参与他们新国家的政治以及他们寻求公民身份的比率。在1900-1920年和1970-1991两个时间段，研究了美国和加拿大两个城市的两个群体：越南人和葡萄牙人。研究的主要焦点是两国政府制定的政策和做法--如加拿大促进多元文化的官方政策--如何影响同化率。该项目使用历史数据(较早时期)、政府统计数据和当代时期的访谈。结果将显示宏观结构对同化的影响，以及增加对移民融入一般过程的理解。

AbstractSES 0000310PI: Theda Skocpol, Irene Bloemraad This project studies political incorporation-immigrants' participation in the politics of their new countries and their rates of seeking citizenship. Two groups are studied: Vietnamese and Portuguese, in two U.S. and Canadian cities, for two time periods 1900-1920 and 1970-1991. The primary focus of study is how policies and practices instituted by the two countries' governments-such as Canada's official policy of promoting multiculturalism-have or have not affected assimilation rates. This project uses historical data (for the earlier time period), and government statistics, and interviews for the contemporary period. Results will display effects of macro-level structures upon assimilation as well as increasing understanding of general processes of immigrant incorporation.