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Donner, William; Rodriguez, Havidan – Social Forces, 2008
The changing demographic landscape of the United States calls for a reassessment of the societal impacts and consequences of so called "natural" and technological disasters. An increasing trend towards greater demographic and socio-economic diversity (in part due to high rates of international immigration), combined with mounting…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Population Growth, Migration, Social Capital
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Orum, Anthony M. – Social Forces, 2005
Research into immigration has for many years focused most of its attention on the issue of how immigrants adapt to host societies. This tendency is especially true in the work of sociologists. Yet if we acknowledge the growing ethnic diversity today in the United States and elsewhere, the most interesting questions arise as to how immigrants…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Immigration, Immigrants, Ethnicity