The complexities and confusions of segmented assimilation

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1149-1167

  Stepick, Alex ^a   Stepick, Carol Dutton ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational outcomes; Integration; National origins; Second generation; Segmented assimilation; United States

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; IMMIGRANT; NATIONAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953591454     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419871003599518     Document Type: Article

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