M13: Assimilation

Objectives:

• describe and differentiate models of assimilation

• describe how new models of assimilation and incorporation differ from previous models

• describe the factors that affect assimilation

• critically assess the concept of "assimilation"

• consider government role in immigrant incorporation

Assigned Reading: 

• Heisler, Barbara Schmitter. (2000) “The Sociology of Immigration: From Assimilation to Segmented Integration, from the American Experience to the Global Arena” in Caroline B. Brettel and James F. Hollified, eds., Migration Theory: Talking Across Disciplines, 2nd edition. http://tinyurl.com/zqew7yl 

Suggested Readings 

• Susan K. Brown and Frank D. Bean. Assimilation Models, Old and New: Explaining a Long-Term Process (Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, 2006) https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/assimilation-models-old-and-new-explaining-long-term-process  

• Bloemraad, Irene and Els de Graauw. 2012 “Immigrant Integration and Policy in the United States: A Loosely Stitched Patchwork,” pp. 205-232 in International Approaches: Integration and Inclusion, edited by John Biles and James Frideres. Montreal and Kingston: Queen’s Policy Studies Series, McGill-Queen’s University Press.