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Title: The transnational effect of multicultural policies on migrants identification: the case of the Israeli diaspora in the USA

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: While it is difficult to gauge the effect of multicultural policies within countries, it is even more difficult to measure them across countries. In this article, I use fundamental multicultural changes that have occurred in Israeli society in recent decades as a case study, and track their effect on how Israelis who reside in the USA identify with Israel. Analysing the US census and the American Community Survey, I have focused my research on three groups of Israeli-born migrants in the USA 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. I offer several possible explanations for these variations, but an in-depth analysis of the Israeli case indicates that the transnational effect of the changing multicultural agenda in Israel is the leading mechanism at play.

Url: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/glob.12043/full

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Authors: Kislev, Elyakim

Periodical (Full): Global Networks

Issue: 1

Volume: 15

Pages: 118-139

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

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