Case Studies in Diversity - Refugees in America in the 1990s

This text introduces students to the main groups of refugees in America. Divided into political, sociological, anthropological, and historical approaches, the book discusses the peoples themselves as well as their impact on American society. Refugees are a special category of people who are admitted to this country for humanitarian reasons, have suffered greatly before getting here, and are resettled through an impressive combination of public and private resources. This book traces each group through the process and assesses their future prospects.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction by David W. Haines
Political Perspectives
Cubans by Joseph Coleman
Vietnamese by Nguyen Manh Hung and David W. Haines
Sociological Perspectives
Soviet Jews by Steven J. Gold
Iranians by Mehdi Bozorgmehr
Anthropological Perspectives
Lao by Pamela A. DeVoe
Afghans by Juliene G. Lipson and Patricia A. Omidian
Hmong by Timothy Dunnigan, Douglas P. Olney, Miles A. McNall, and Marline A. Spring
Khmer by Carol A. Mortland
Historical Perspectives
Eastern Europeans by Elzbieta M. Gozdziak
Chinese-Vietnamese by John K. Whitmore
Haitians by Frederick J. Conway and Susan Buchanan Stafford
Eritreans and Ethiopians by Tekle Woldemikael
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

David W. Haines, who has a PhD in social anthropology, has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level and has served as a research and policy analyst for the federal refugee program. He is the editor of Refugees in the United States (Greenwood, 1985), Refugees as Immigrants: Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese in America (1989) and Refugees in America in the 1990s (Greenwood, 1996). He is currently a senior manager in state government and an advisory board member to the refugee and immigration services program of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Haines David W., Ronald Vogel
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.01.1997
• EAN: 9780275958046
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95804-6
• Seiten: 320
• Gewicht: 454 g
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Refugees and political asylum, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Refugees & Political Asylum, Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Geography and World Cultures: Culture