The first Chinese gold diggers arrived in Australia in 1850s as the first generation immigrants.As time goes by,so many immigrants from China settled down in Australia as permanent residents or citizens.I will analyse...The first Chinese gold diggers arrived in Australia in 1850s as the first generation immigrants.As time goes by,so many immigrants from China settled down in Australia as permanent residents or citizens.I will analyse Chinese immigrants of Australia in language,values,social life and the social altitude towards them through their identity shift.I will also put forward the point of view that integrating different cultures rather than only be assimilated by the other culture is a sensible choice for Chinese immigrants to reshape their identity.Chinese immigrants in Australia will reinvent their distinctive identity to organize their internal sense of cohesion and membership successfully and find their social belongingness and sense of security in Australia.展开更多
In this essay we develop a framework for better understanding how a focus on enhancing the social rights of immigrants and migrants can lead to greater levels of social incorporation for these groups into their destin...In this essay we develop a framework for better understanding how a focus on enhancing the social rights of immigrants and migrants can lead to greater levels of social incorporation for these groups into their destination countries and/or communities.First,we discuss how the concepts of social rights and incorporation have been used in the social sciences to understand migrants and immigrants.Second,we critically discuss models of immigrant incorporation derived from studies of the US and Europe to demonstrate the value of developing comparative frameworks across distinct countries and communities.Third,we develop and apply the categories of status and integration to discuss how social rights derived from public policy can serve to inhibit or facilitate the effective incorporation of immigrants and migrants.Fourth,we describe how subnational,state-level governments have become increasingly critical actors in affecting both status and integration in the United States.We demonstrate that social rights and incorporation cannot be understood in the US today without an appreciation for variation across distinct state governments.Lastly,we conclude with a consideration of how our analysis makes very clear that government officials are in key positions to determine the scope and depth of immigrant and migrant social rights and incorporation in ways that can simultaneously serve the long-term interests of immigrants,migrants,and the nation state as a whole.展开更多
文摘The first Chinese gold diggers arrived in Australia in 1850s as the first generation immigrants.As time goes by,so many immigrants from China settled down in Australia as permanent residents or citizens.I will analyse Chinese immigrants of Australia in language,values,social life and the social altitude towards them through their identity shift.I will also put forward the point of view that integrating different cultures rather than only be assimilated by the other culture is a sensible choice for Chinese immigrants to reshape their identity.Chinese immigrants in Australia will reinvent their distinctive identity to organize their internal sense of cohesion and membership successfully and find their social belongingness and sense of security in Australia.
文摘In this essay we develop a framework for better understanding how a focus on enhancing the social rights of immigrants and migrants can lead to greater levels of social incorporation for these groups into their destination countries and/or communities.First,we discuss how the concepts of social rights and incorporation have been used in the social sciences to understand migrants and immigrants.Second,we critically discuss models of immigrant incorporation derived from studies of the US and Europe to demonstrate the value of developing comparative frameworks across distinct countries and communities.Third,we develop and apply the categories of status and integration to discuss how social rights derived from public policy can serve to inhibit or facilitate the effective incorporation of immigrants and migrants.Fourth,we describe how subnational,state-level governments have become increasingly critical actors in affecting both status and integration in the United States.We demonstrate that social rights and incorporation cannot be understood in the US today without an appreciation for variation across distinct state governments.Lastly,we conclude with a consideration of how our analysis makes very clear that government officials are in key positions to determine the scope and depth of immigrant and migrant social rights and incorporation in ways that can simultaneously serve the long-term interests of immigrants,migrants,and the nation state as a whole.
