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39 produkter
Economic Sociology
A Systematic Inquiry
Häftad, 2010
572 kr
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The sociological study of economic activity has witnessed a significant resurgence. Recent texts have chronicled economic sociology's nineteenth-century origins while pointing to the importance of context and power in economic life, yet the field lacks a clear understanding of the role that …
Emerging Global Cities
Origin, Structure, and Significance
Av Alejandro Portes, Ariel C. Armony
Inbunden, 2022
1239 kr
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Certain cities—most famously New York, London, and Tokyo—have been identified as “global cities,” whose function in the world economy transcends national borders. Without the same fanfare, formerly peripheral and secondary cities have been growing in importance, emerging as global cities in their …
Emerging Global Cities
Origin, Structure, and Significance
Av Alejandro Portes, Ariel C. Armony
Häftad, 2022
315 kr
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Certain cities—most famously New York, London, and Tokyo—have been identified as “global cities,” whose function in the world economy transcends national borders. Without the same fanfare, formerly peripheral and secondary cities have been growing in importance, emerging as global cities in their …
Urban Latin America
The Political Condition from Above and Below
Av Alejandro Portes, John Walton
Häftad, 1976
285 kr
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Much research on the city in developing societies has focused mainly on one of three areas-planning, demography, or economics-and has emphasized either power elites or the masses, but not both. The published literature on Latin America has reflected these interests and has so far failed to provide …
End of Compassion
Children of Immigrants in the Age of Deportation
Av Alejandro Portes, Patricia Fernandez-Kelly
Inbunden, 2020
2600 kr
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This book brings together the most recent and the most comprehensive collection of articles on a population at risk: the children of immigrants in the United States, especially those children whose parents came to the country without legal authorization. The end of compassion and the shift to …
End of Compassion
Children of Immigrants in the Age of Deportation
Av Alejandro Portes, Patricia Fernandez-Kelly
Häftad, 2023
716 kr
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This book brings together the most recent and the most comprehensive collection of articles on a population at risk: the children of immigrants in the United States, especially those children whose parents came to the country without legal authorization. The end of compassion and the shift to …
Health Care and Immigration
Understanding the Connections
Av Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Alejandro Portes
Inbunden, 2012
2600 kr
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This pioneering volume represents the culmination of state-of-the-art research whose purpose was to investigate the relationship between health care and immigration in the USA - two broken systems in need of reform. This volume sets out to answer the question: how do medical institutions address …
Latin Journey
Cuban and Mexican Immigrants in the United States
Av Alejandro Portes, Robert L. Bach
Häftad, 1985
306 kr
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"Latin Journey" details an eight-year study of Mexican and Cuban immigrants.
City on the Edge
The Transformation of Miami
Av Alejandro Portes, Alex Stepick
Häftad, 1993
392 kr
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'The authors reveal how the Cuban success story has transformed the character of Miami while delineating more sharply the identity of other ethnic communities' - "New York Times Book Review". 'Makes a case for the importance of political capital ...in building ethnic solidarity' - "Contemporary …
Legacies
The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation
Av Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut
Häftad, 2001
297 kr
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One out of five Americans, more than 55 million people, are first-or second-generation immigrants. This landmark study, the most comprehensive to date, probes all aspects of the new immigrant second generation's lives, exploring their immense potential to transform American society for better or …
Ethnicities
Children of Immigrants in America
Av Rubén G. Rumbaut, Alejandro Portes
Häftad, 2001
386 kr
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The new immigration to the United States is unprecedented in its diversity of color, class, and cultural origins. Over the past few decades, the racial and ethnic composition and stratification of the American population - as well as the social meanings of race, ethnicity, and American identity - …
Institutions Count
Their Role and Significance in Latin American Development
Av Alejandro Portes, Lori D. Smith
Häftad, 2012
259 kr
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What leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies in the quality of a nation's institutions. This book is the first comparative study of how real institutions affect …
Spanish Legacies
The Coming of Age of the Second Generation
Av Alejandro Portes, Rosa Aparicio Gomez m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
818 kr
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Much like the United States, the countries of Western Europe have experienced massive immigration in the last three decades. Spain, in particular, has been transformed from an immigrant-exporting country to one receiving hundreds of thousands of new immigrants. Today, almost 13 percent of the …
Spanish Legacies
The Coming of Age of the Second Generation
Av Alejandro Portes, Rosa Aparicio Gomez m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
263 kr
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Much like the United States, the countries of Western Europe have experienced massive immigration in the last three decades. Spain, in particular, has been transformed from an immigrant-exporting country to one receiving hundreds of thousands of new immigrants. Today, almost 13 percent of the …
Global Edge
Miami in the Twenty-First Century
Av Alejandro Portes, Ariel C. Armony
Inbunden, 2018
1190 kr
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Over the last quarter century, no other city like Miami has rapidly transformed into a global city. The Global Edge charts the social tensions and unexpected consequences of this remarkable process of change. Acting as a follow-up to the highly successful City on the Edge, The Global Edge examines …
Global Edge
Miami in the Twenty-First Century
Av Alejandro Portes, Ariel C. Armony
Häftad, 2018
382 kr
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Over the last quarter century, no other city like Miami has rapidly transformed into a global city. The Global Edge charts the social tensions and unexpected consequences of this remarkable process of change. Acting as a follow-up to the highly successful City on the Edge, The Global Edge examines …
Immigrant America
A Portrait
Av Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut
Inbunden, 2024
733 kr
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This revised and updated fifth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States, including its history, the principal theories seeking to account for its diverse origins, the main types of immigrants, and the various forms of …
Immigrant America
A Portrait
Av Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut
Häftad, 2024
263 kr
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This revised and updated fifth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States, including its history, the principal theories seeking to account for its diverse origins, the main types of immigrants, and the various forms of …
Immigrant America
A Portrait
Av Ruben G. Rumbaut, Alejandro Portes
E-bok, 2006
498 kr
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This third edition of the widely acclaimed classic has been thoroughly expanded and updated to reflect current demographic, economic, and political realities. Drawing on recent census data and other primary sources, Portes and Rumbaut have infused the entire text with new information and added a …
Immigrant America
A Portrait
Av Ruben G. Rumbaut, Alejandro Portes
E-bok, 2014
499 kr
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This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. Updated with the latest available data, Immigrant America explores the economic, political, spatial, …
Informal Economy
Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries
Av Alejandro Portes, Manuel Castells m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
418 kr
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A New York roofer requests payment in cash. A Bogota car mechanic sets up "shop" on a quiet side street. Four Mexican immigrants assemble semiconductors in a San Diego home. A Leningrad doctor sells needed medicine to a desperate patient. All are part of a growing worldwide phenomenon that is …
Urban Caribbean
Transition to the New Global Economy
Av Carlos Dore Y. Cabral, Alejandro Portes m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
406 kr
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The Urban Caribbean studies urbanization in five countries-Costa Rica, Haiti, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica-during the 1980s and 1990s when the region's economy shifted from one heavily dependent on imports to one directed more to producing exports. This shift caused producers and …
Comparative National Development
Society and Economy in the New Global Order
Av Alejandro Portes, A. Douglas Kincaid m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
575 kr
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What does it mean to speak of 'national development' in the 1990s? As a result of the tumultuous changes in global economic and political structures, scholars and policymakers specializing in the study of national development must reassess the interpretive models they have relied upon in the past. …
End of Compassion
Children of Immigrants in the Age of Deportation
Av Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Alejandro Portes
E-bok, 2020
814 kr
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This book brings together the most recent and the most comprehensive collection of articles on a population at risk: the children of immigrants in the United States, especially those children whose parents came to the country without legal authorization. The end of compassion and the shift to …
End of Compassion
Children of Immigrants in the Age of Deportation
Av Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Alejandro Portes
E-bok, 2020
788 kr
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This book brings together the most recent and the most comprehensive collection of articles on a population at risk: the children of immigrants in the United States, especially those children whose parents came to the country without legal authorization. The end of compassion and the shift to …
Urbanization and Migration in Three Continents
Av Alejandro Portes, Margarita Rodríguez
Inbunden, 2024
2525 kr
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This book offers a systematic historical analysis of the relationships between migration and the development of cities, including their physical, economic, and cultural evolution.The volume results from a comparative project that examines the interface between migration and the development of …
Urbanization and Migration in Three Continents
Av Alejandro Portes, Margarita Rodríguez
Häftad, 2025
710 kr
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This book offers a systematic historical analysis of the relationships between migration and the development of cities, including their physical, economic, and cultural evolution.The volume results from a comparative project that examines the interface between migration and the development of …
Urbanization and Migration in Three Continents
Av Margarita Rodriguez, Alejandro Portes
E-bok, 2024
831 kr
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This book offers a systematic historical analysis of the relationships between migration and the development of cities, including their physical, economic, and cultural evolution. The volume results from a comparative project that examines the interface between migration and the development of …
Urbanization and Migration in Three Continents
Av Margarita Rodriguez, Alejandro Portes
E-bok, 2024
813 kr
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This book offers a systematic historical analysis of the relationships between migration and the development of cities, including their physical, economic, and cultural evolution. The volume results from a comparative project that examines the interface between migration and the development of …
Health Care and Immigration
Understanding the Connections
Av Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Alejandro Portes
Häftad, 2014
776 kr
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This pioneering volume represents the culmination of state-of-the-art research whose purpose was to investigate the relationship between health care and immigration in the USA - two broken systems in need of reform. This volume sets out to answer the question: how do medical institutions address …
