scholarly journals Negative Acculturation and Nothing More? Cumulative Disadvantage and Mortality during the Immigrant Adaptation Process among Latinos in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Riosmena ◽  
Bethany G. Everett ◽  
Richard G. Rogers ◽  
Jeff A. Dennis
2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 346-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vandana Singh

To better understand how libraries experience the process of migrating to open source software integrated library systems (OSS ILSs), nine librarians from libraries of multiple types and sizes were interviewed. All these libraries are in the United States and these librarians had participated in surveys and interviews about open source software integrated library systems with the research team in past years and at the time of the interview were at different stages of migration to open source software integrated library systems, from contemplating migration to completed migration. The librarians answered questions about their open source software integrated library systems on topics such as the migration process, technical support, adaptation process, and lessons and advice from the overall experience. The in-depth responses provide valuable insights on the process of migration to help libraries understand the challenges and benefits of open source software integrated library systems and are presented in this paper.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-74
Author(s):  
Kazuko Suzuki

What accounts for varying forms of adaptation of immigrants to host countries? Despite their common ethnic origin, Korean immigrants demonstrate very different adaptation pa erns in Japan and the United States. By elucidating the importance of different national peculiarities in racial ideology, this article argues that Korean immigrants are racialized differently given different circumstances and structural conditions in these two countries. Employing a cross-national comparison focusing on a single ethnic group, this study shows that cultural and racial similarities between immigrants and the mainstream of the host society do not guarantee smooth assimilation. This article concludes that in the long run, differences in modes of incorporation are more relevant to immigrant adaptation than visible racial or cultural differences between the immigrants and the mainstream of the host society. Spanish ¿Cómo se explican las diversas formas de adaptación de inmigrantes en los países receptores? A pesar de su origen étnico común, los inmigrantes coreanos han mostrado patrones de adaptación muy diferentes en Japón y los Estados Unidos. Al mostrar la importancia de las diferentes peculiaridades nacionales en la ideología racial, este artículo argumenta que los inmigrantes coreanos son racializados diferencialmente de acuerdo a las distintas circunstancias y las condiciones estructurales en estos dos países. A través de una comparación transnacional centrada en un solo grupo étnico, este estudio muestra que las similitudes raciales y culturales entre los inmigrantes y la mayoría de la sociedad de acogida, no garantizan una fácil asimilación. En este artículo se concluye que, en el largo plazo, las diferencias en los modos de incorporación son más relevantes para la adaptación de los inmigrantes que las visibles diferencias raciales / culturales entre los inmigrantes y la generalidad de la sociedad receptora. French Comment expliquer les formes variables de l'adaptation des immigrants dans le pays hôte ? En dépit de leur origine ethnique commune, les immigrants coréens ont montré des modes d'adaptation très différents au Japon et aux Etats-Unis. En montrant l'importance de certaines particularités nationales pour l'idéologie raciale, cet article soutient que ces immigrants coréens sont racialement différenciés en fonction des situations et des conditions structurelles différentes dans ces deux pays. Par le biais d'une comparaison transnationale portant sur un seul groupe ethnique, ce e étude montre que les similarités culturelles et raciales entre les immigrants et la société-hôte traditionnelle ne sont pas les garantes d'une assimilation aisée. Cet article conclut que, sur le long-terme, les modes d'incorporation sont plus importants pour l'adaptation des immigrants que les différences raciales/culturelles visibles entre les immigrants et la société traditionnelle de l'Etat-hôte.


Ánfora ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (46) ◽  
pp. 71-80
Author(s):  
Martha Cecilia Herrera ◽  
Erika Cecilia Montoya Zavala

Objective: to characterize familiy profiles from those who return to Mexico after being in the United states and to learn about the difficulties faced by the returning migrant children, with specific attention to their adaptation within the Mexican school system as well as the actions undertaken by parents and teachers to help them in the process. Methodology: a random representative survey was carried out in elementary schools in Culiacán, Sinaloa between March 23rd and December 7th of 2015. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with parents who returned and the teachers of children who had returned. These interviews were held between March 13th and July 29th of 2016. Results: it was shown that the majority of families are mixed and have a greater number of children who are citizens of the United States. The study also revealed that from a total of 534 children who had been returned to primary schools, 87.4% were born in the United States. Those students suffer from a problem of invisibility in the educational system and, at the same time, face bulling because of their different appearance. Additionally, children and their parents struggle with depression in the adaptation process. Conclusions: return migration to Mexico has been a constant. For children, their families, and the society to which they return, the challenge in return migration is evident. It also creates challenges in a child’s school life, especially due to the fact that they have little or no command of Spanish.


2020 ◽  
pp. 167-215
Author(s):  
David Kilcullen

This chapter discusses China’s evolution and adaptation since the Cold War, surveys the evolution of Chinese forces, offers case studies of the Sino-Vietnamese War and the South China Sea, introduces and analyzes the concept of conceptual envelopment as it relates to China, discusses the transformative effect of China’s emergence as a global oceanic and maritime power, and explores the concept of unrestricted warfare and China’s Three Warfares doctrine. It argues that, in the quarter century since 1993, China has learned by watching the West struggle in the post-Cold War era, and has taken advantage of Western preoccupation with terrorism since 2001. The 1991 Gulf War, the 1996 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, and the 1999 bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade prompted strategists in Beijing to shift from a peacetime, concept-led adaptation process to a wartime, reactive approach that treats the United States as a “pacing threat.”


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