RT Book T1 Strangers no more: immigration and the challenges of integration in North America and Western Europe A1 Alba, Richard D. 1942- A2 Foner, Nancy 1945- LA English PP Princeton, N.J. u.a. PB Princeton Univ. Press YR 2015 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/820805580 AB "Strangers No More is the first book to compare immigrant integration across key Western countries. Focusing on low-status newcomers and their children, it examines how they are making their way in four critical European countries--France, Germany, Great Britain, and the Netherlands--and, across the Atlantic, in the United States and Canada. This systematic, data-rich comparison reveals their progress and the barriers they face in an array of institutions--from labor markets and neighborhoods to educational and political systems--and considers the controversial questions of religion, race, identity, and intermarriage. Richard Alba and Nancy Foner shed new light on questions at the heart of concerns about immigration. They analyze why immigrant religion is a more significant divide in Western Europe than in the United States, where race is a more severe obstacle. They look at why, despite fears in Europe about the rise of immigrant ghettoes, residential segregation is much less of a problem for immigrant minorities there than in the United States. They explore why everywhere, growing economic inequality and the proliferation of precarious, low-wage jobs pose dilemmas for the second generation. They also evaluate perspectives often proposed to explain the success of immigrant integration in certain countries, including nationally specific models, the political economy, and the histories of Canada and the United States as settler societies. Strangers No More delves into issues of pivotal importance for the present and future of Western societies, where immigrants and their children form ever-larger shares of the population."--Jacket AB Strangers no more : the challenges of integration -- Who are the immigrants? : the genesis of the new diversity -- Economic well-being -- Living situations : how segregated? how unequal? -- The problems and paradoxes of race -- Immigrant religion -- Entering the precincts of power -- Educating the second generation -- Who are the "we"? : identity and mixed unions -- Conclusion : the changing face of the west NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN a SN 0691161070 SN 9780691161075 K1 Social Integration : United States K1 Social Integration : Europe, Western K1 Children of immigrants : Cultural assimilation K1 Europe, Western : Emigration and immigration K1 United States : Emigration and immigration K1 Großbritannien : Deutschland : Niederlande : Frankreich : USA : Kanada : Soziale Integration : Einwanderer K1 Soziale Integration K1 Migration