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Title: The Transnational Effect of Multicultural Policies on Immigrants' Identification: the Case of the Israeli Diaspora in the US

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: While it is hard to gauge the effect of multicultural policies within countries, it is even harder to measure it across countries. However, this paper uses fundamental multicultural changes that have occurred in Israeli society in recent decades as a case study, and tracks their effect on the identification of Israelis who reside in the US. Analysing the US census and the American Community Survey, this research focuses on three groups of Israeli-born immigrants in the US: Israeli-Arabs, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, and the Jewish-majority. Findings indicate that originating from a minority community in the homeland predicts not only a different rate, but also different longitudinal trends of Israeli identification. Several possible explanations for these variations are offered here, but an in-depth analysis of the Israeli case underlines the transnational effect of the changing multicultural agenda in Israel as the leading mechanism.

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Authors: Kislev, Elyakim

Publisher: Columbia University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare

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