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Title: New Destinations and Immigrant Incorporation

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: Does the academic literature on U.S. immigration adequately capture the experiences of immigrants outside their traditional areas of concentration? This article reviews the three major fields of research in immigrant incorporation-economic, sociocultural, and political. It emphasizes the two most prominent conceptual frameworks in each: the human capital frame and the more recent sociological frame, which highlights "modes of incorporation" and "contexts of reception." Although research in immigrants' political incorporation is less developed than its economic and sociological counterpart, I pay close attention to the ways in which structural and contextual factors shape participation. Immigrants' geographic dispersal complement this trend toward contextualism by providing greater variation in their places of destination; that variation can help advance the comparative research agenda.

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Authors: Marrow, Helen B.

Periodical (Full): Perspectives on Politics

Issue: 4

Volume: 3

Pages: 781-799

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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