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Introduction to Social Demography
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
12/01/2011

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Term
prejudice
Definition
a negative ATTITUDE toward an entire category of people
Term
discrimination
Definition
BEHAVIOR that excludes all members of a group from certain rights, opportunities, or privileges
Term
theories of international migration
Definition
Term
milton gordons seven stages of assimilation
Definition
1. acculturation
2. amalgamation - marital assimilation
3. attitude receptional assimilation
4. behavior receptional assimilation
5. civic assimilation
6. identification assimilation
7. structural assimilation
Term
poverty thresholds
Definition
annual household income amount used to determine poverty status

vary by size of family, ages of members, and year

do not vary by place
Term
interpretation of the index of dissimilarity
Definition
the proportion of the members of one group that would need to move in order for the two groups to be equally distributed

ranges from a low of 0 to a high of 100

look at equation
Term
5 dimensions of residential segregation
Definition
evenness
exposure
clustering
centralization
concentration
Term
regions that send immigrants to the US historically
Definition
wave 1: w. euro and african slaves
wave 2: irish, germans, chinese, catholics
wave 3: S/E europeans
immigration pause: mexican ags, refugees, w. europeans
Term
regions that send immigrants to the US currently
Definition
wave 4: latin americans, africans, asians, carribeans
Term
which US immigration laws have targeted particular immigrant groups?
Definition
1882- chinese exclusion act
1921- quota law
1965 - immigration and naturalization act
1986- immigration reform and control act
Term
gini coefficient
Definition
a/(a=b)

a: above lorenz curve
b: below lorenz curve
ranges from 0-1
0: perfect equality
1:1 perfect inequality
Term
lorenz curve
Definition
x- cumulative share of people form lowest to highest incomes
y- cumulative share of income earned
Term
regions of US most segregated by race
Definition
germans - mid west and north east
african american - south east
Term
international trends in urbanization (which regions are urbanizing most rapidly)
Definition
most current and future growth is occuring in urban places in less-developed nations

low rates of urbanization in asia and africa
Term
critiques of classic assimilation
why dont Gordon's theories apply to contemprary immigrants?
what theory has been proposed to describe the assimilation of lack their of of non-European immigrants?
Definition
empirical:
-ethnic differences tend to persist across generations
-recent immigrants follow divergent courses of adaptation

critical:
-its problematic to assume that ethnic differences are sources of disadvantage
-or that the mainstream culture is desirable or even uniform
Term
in which decades have the stock and flow of immigrants to the US peaked and fallen?
Definition
Immigration in US peaked in 1920 and lowest shortly after during the great depression
Term
race
Definition
physical charateristics
Term
ethnicity
Definition
behavioral or cultural attributes
Term
chinese exclusion act 1882
Definition
target: chinese
impact: ended all chinese immigration for more than 60 years
Term
quota law 1921
Definition
target: southern and eastern europeans
impact: reduced overall immigratoin and significantly reduced likely immigration from Greece and Italy
Term
immigration and naturalization act 1965
Definition
target: western hemisphere and low skill workers
impact: facilitated entry of skilled workers and relatives of US citizens
Term
immigration reform and control act of 1986
Definition
target: undocumented immigrants
impact: modest reduction of undocumented immigration
Term
all-weather liberal
Definition
nondiscriminatior
unprejudiced
Term
reluctant liberal
Definition
discriminator
unprejudiced
Term
timid bigot
Definition
nondiscriminator
prejudicied
Term
all-weather bigot
Definition
discriminator
prejudiced
Term
theories of immigration initiation
Definition
neoclassical economics (micro-macro)
new economics of migration
dual labor market theory
world systems theory
Term
theories of immigration perpetuation
Definition
social capital/networks theory
institutional theory
cumulative causation
Term
macro neoclassical economics
Definition
geographic differences in supply of and demand for labor
population is result of capital
Term
micro neoclassical economics
Definition
psychological and social benefits of immigration; result of cost-benefit analysis, expecting positive net return from their migration
Term
new economics of mirgation
Definition
household decision; minimize risk and overcome constrains on family production and consumption due to failures in INSURANCE, CAPITAL, or CONSUMER CREDIT MARKETS
Term
dual labor market theory
Definition
immigration stems from
1. structural inflation
2. constrains on motivation
3. economic dualism, or bifurcated labor markets
4. demography of labor supply

some jobs in developed economies are low-wage, insecure, with little potential for promotion; they are filled my immigrants
Term
world system theory
Definition
the expansion of capitalism into developing world creates a mobile population prone to migrate

unit of analysis: inequality of countries
Term
social capital/networks theory
Definition
migrant networks link migrants, former migrants, and non-migrants in origin and destination through ties of kinship, friendship, and shared community

lower the costs and risks of movement
increase the expected returns to migration
Term
institutional theory
Definition
the creation of organizations that cater to immigrants and therefore sustain further immigration
humanitarian
Term
cumulative causation
Definition
each migration alters the social context withing which subsequent migration decisions are made such that migration become self-perpetuating over time through: networks, culture, relative deprivation and changing economic circumstances of sending communities
Term
diaspora
Definition
a group living out of their origin country keeping a strong attachment to a 'homeland' and maintaining a distinctive profile within the host country
Term
3 strategies for adaptation
Definition
diaspora
assimilation
transnationalism
Term
assimilation
Definition
the reduction of ethnic racial distinctions and the cultural and social differences that are associated with those distinctions over time
Term
acculturation
Definition
change of cultural patters to those of host society
Term
structural assimilation
Definition
large scale entry into cliques, clubs, institutions
Term
amalgamation
Definition
large scale intermattiage
Term
identificational assimilation
Definition
development of sense of peoplehood with host society
Term
attitude receptional assimilation
Definition
absense of prejudice
Term
behavior receptional assimilation
Definition
absense of discrimination
Term
civic assimilation
Definition
absense of value and power conflict
Term
transnationalism
Definition
assimilation theories are only interested in the relation of the immigrant with the receiving society
Term
segmented assimilation (portes and zhou)
Definition
3 divergent outcomes
1. cultural and structural assimilation into the middle class
2. cultural and structural assimilation into poverty
3. structural assimilation into the middle class while maintaining culture of origin

dependent on COLOR, RESOURCES, and LOCATION OF SETTLEMENT
Term
urban places defined by
Definition
number of residents
density of concentration
social and economic organization (non-ag)
Term
evenness
Definition
differential distribution of groups across space
Term
exposure
Definition
potential contact between groups
Term
clustering
Definition
degree to which minority-group members live disproportionally in contiguous areas (high clustering indicates a racial or ethnic enclave)
Term
centralization
Definition
degree to which a group is located near the center of an urban area (majority group relocates to suburbs)
Term
concentration
Definition
relative amount of physical space occupied by a group
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