Social Capital in Refugee and Immigrant Communities

2007 ◽  
pp. 109-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Turcotte ◽  
Linda Silka
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Immigrant Communities

Ethnic niching in a segmented labour market: Evidence from Spain

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikolaj Stanek ◽  
Alberto Veira
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Logit Models ◽  
Human And Social Capital

Using the Spanish National Immigrant Survey (NIS-2007) we identify the ethnic niches where workers from five main immigrant communities concentrate. We then implement logit models in order to assess how structural factors and human and social capital variables affect the odds of working in these niches. We observe that the strong segmentation of the Spanish labour market strongly favours the concentration of immigrants in certain occupational niches. Nevertheless, variables related to human and social capital still play a significant role in the placement of immigrant workers in different niches, all of which are not equally attractive. 

Fictive Kin as Social Capital in New Immigrant Communities

2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Rose Ebaugh ◽  
Mary Curry
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
New York ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
Immigrant Populations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Fictive Kin

Fictive kin, defined as family-type relationships, based not on blood or marriage but rather on religious rituals or close friendship ties, constitutes a type of social capital that many immigrant groups bring with them and that facilitates their incorporation into the host society. We describe three types of fictive kin systems in different immigrant populations and argue that their functions are similar across various ethnic groups and types of fictive kin relationships. Fictive kin systems expand the network of individuals who provide social and economic capital for one another and thereby constitute a resource to immigrants as they confront problems of settlement and incorporation. While anthropologists have long noted systems of fictive kin in premodern and modernizing societies, sociologists have paid little attention to fictive kin networks. We argue, however, that systems of fictive kin constitute an important part of the social networks that draw immigrants to a particular locale and provide them with the material and social support that enables them to become incorporated into a new and often hostile society. Data are derived from interviews with informants from various immigrant groups in Houston, Texas, and from a Yoruba community in Brooklyn, New York.

Community Forces, Social Capital, and Educational Achievement: The Case of Supplementary Education in the Chinese and Korean Immigrant Communities

2006 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIN ZHOU ◽  
SUSAN KIM
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Korean Immigrant ◽  
Supplementary Education ◽  
Community Forces

Extraordinary Asian American educational achievement has often been credited to a common cultural influence of Confucianism that emphasizes education, family honor, discipline, and respect for authority. In this article, Min Zhou and Susan Kim argue that immigration selectivity, higher than average levels of premigration and postmigration socioeconomic status, and ethnic social structures interact to create unique patterns of adaptation and social environments conducive to educational achievement. This article seeks to unpack the ethnic effect through a comparative analysis of the ethnic system of supplementary education that has developed in two immigrant communities — Chinese and Korean — in the United States. The study suggests that the cultural attributes of a group interact substantially with structural factors, particularly tangible ethnic social structures on which community forces are sustained and social capital is formed. The authors conclude that "culture" is not static and requires structural support to constantly adapt to new situations.

Community Transformation and the Formation of Ethnic Capital: Immigrant Chinese Communities in the United States

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingang Lin ◽  
Min Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Community Transformation ◽  
Ethnic Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Enclave Economy

AbstractIn this article, we attempt to develop a conceptual framework of “ethnic capital” in order to examine the dynamics of immigrant communities. Building on the theories of social capital and the enclave economy, we argue that ethnic capital is not a thing but involves interactive processes of ethnic-specific financial capital, human capital, and social capital. We use case studies of century-old Chinatowns and emerging middle-class immigrant Chinese communities in New York and Los Angeles to illustrate how ethnic capital affects community building and transformation, which in turn influence the social mobility of immigrants. We also discuss how developments in contemporary ethnic enclaves challenge the conventional notion of assimilation and contribute to our understanding of immigrant social mobility.

Policing Immigrant Communities

2018 ◽  
pp. 123-150
Author(s):  
Jan Haldipur
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Recent Immigrants ◽  
Dinner Table

This chapter focuses on the experiences of recent immigrants (1.5 and second generation included) in the neighborhood. The life stories of “Kwesi,” “Saikou,” “Gauri,” “Adriana,” “Manny,” and “Ralphie,” originate from five countries spread across three continents; with some having spent a significant amount of time in the country of origin, others only getting glimpses of their parents’ country through secondhand stories told at the dinner table. Through these narratives, this chapter details how their lack of social capital in the neighborhood, coupled with the strength of ethnic group ties, can work to provide a protective buffer between immigrant groups and police.

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