sociological research questions about immigration

WASHINGTON, DC—A series of articles exploring issues related to immigrants and immigration authored by sociologists are available in the latest issue of Footnotes, the American Sociological Association's online magazine. Using sociological research, authors commentary on a variety of topics, including: Rawan Arar, Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Societies, and Justice at the ...

This commentary brings immigration research to the conversation on sociology's possibilities to respond to inequality. It argues that legal status today has become an important dimension of inequality given its enduring impact across most areas of life and effects that extend laterally to all members of a family and across generations.

The growth of the field of immigration in multiple directions and across disciplines and areas presents an opportune juncture to pause and reflect on the central role sociology has played in the study of immigrants and immigration, as well as to assess the contributions that immigration research has made to sociology.

In this chapter, the panel reviews research bearing on some key questions about the social and cultural dimensions of immigration. In doing so, we consider issues that often arouse popular fears and concerns, just as they did in earlier historical eras when massive numbers of new arrivals, the vast majority from Europe, were settling in this ...

Large-scale immigration inevitably has a wide range of social effects, influencing important aspects of social relations and institutions in places where immigrants settle in substantial numbers. This chapter focuses on immigration's social effects in the contemporary United States, which in 2009 was home to a remarkable thirty-nine million immigrants, or 12.5 percent of the nation's population.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 1.6 million immigrants, both legal and undocumented, settle in the United States every year (Center for Immigration Studies [CIS], 2007b). An esti...

The Sociology of Immigration. ... Thus, the driving research questions continue to center on the processes of immigrant incorporation (or nonincorporation, as the case may be). What has changed ...

The growth of the field of immigration in multiple directions and across disci-. plines and areas presents an opportune juncture to pause and reflect on the central role. sociology has played in ...

Ethical approval for this research was granted by the Research Ethics Committee, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham in September 2016. Endnotes 1 The term "red wall" entered the UK political lexicon in 2019 to describe traditional Labour voting seats across the English North and Midlands that were won by the ...

(and do) in immigration research and the possibilities for making a dent in undoing the harms that multiple laws and policies are doing to immigrants today. Immigrants constitute a significant (and growing) segment of the U.S. population, and thus considerations about how sociological research can be relevant to inequality reduction within this

This article begins by outlining major CRT concepts and frameworks used in legal scholarship on immigration. Next, we identify emerging themes generated by this approach by highlighting research questions and operationalization of the CRT framework. Thirdly, we highlight areas of distinction to mainstream sociology in US scholarship.

Keywords: Migrant selectivity, integration of immigrants and their descendants, impacts of immigration, laws on exit and entry, public attitudes toward migrants in both origin and destination countries . Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements.

At the same time, sociological research has also highlighted the potential negative impacts of immigration, particularly in terms of labor market competition and social tensions. Studies have shown that immigrants can compete with native-born workers for jobs, particularly in low-skilled sectors, which can lead to downward pressure on wages and ...

This book offers a useful and broad comparative look at immigration policies in nine industrialized democracies. Beyond description, the chapters examine whether countries are converging in their migration policies, and whether there is a gap between policy intentions and actual migration dynamics. Kivisto, Peter J., and Thomas Faist. 2010.

The sociology and historiography of immigration may now be on their way toward formulating a more encompassing conceptual framework for the interpretation of the adaptation to American society of the immigrants and their offspring that would integrate both the assimilation and ethnicization processes. ... It furthers the University's objective ...

The emergence of a new research field or area of study in the social sciences always is fraught with controversy, fits and starts, theoretical, methodological, and even epistemological debates. Migration studies is no different, but some things are relatively unique about this 'new' field of study, while others are more conventional. The article on the 'rise of migration studies' by ...

questions of membership, belonging and citizenship. Throughout, we draw on research by sociologists, political scientists, demographers, economists and anthropologists. With no sign that i nternational migration is slowing down, the causes and consequences of immigration will be a critical topic for the 21st century.

environment, toward focusing on the interaction between immigrants and the structure of. American society; (2) a shift from an undifferentiated and amorphous conceptualization of. the latter to ...

The question addressed in this article is whether—and if so, to what extent—the nationalist assumptions bias the ethics of immigration. In survey articles, the field is depicted as well-balanced: liberal nationalists who advocate the states' 'right to exclude migrants' face cosmopolitans who support equal consideration for anyone ...

However, other research has found that any impact from immigration on NHS waiting times was limited to immediately after EU accession in 2004 in deprived areas outside of London, and more broadly there is little evidence to suggest that immigration has a negative impact on the NHS (Giuntella et al., 2018; Wadsworth, 2013) or is a burden on ...

Social psychology has studied immigration using a classic majority-minority paradigm, considering the host societies' view of immigrants and the immigrants' own standpoints. The research conducted from both perspectives has been prolific and has encompassed different topics. This monograph brings together studies from both perspectives.

So here are the most cited articles on immigration from the last five years in three leading sociology journals: American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, and Social Forces. Based on their high impact in the short time since publication, these are likely to be influential themes in the coming years. 1.

Social Capital and Immigrant Wellbeing in the Digital Age. Adekunle Adedeji. Franka Metzner. Johanna Buchcik. 6,431 views. 3 articles. Explores all aspects of international migration and its links to the people and societies at origin, transit points, and destination.