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Zhao, Ruohui; Cao, Liqun – Social Forces, 2010
We apply Durkheim's social transitional theory to explain the variation of anomie in 30 nations in the world. Combining data from two sources--the 1995 "World Values Survey and the United Nations University's World Income Inequality Database" or WIID--we test the hypothesis that rapid sociopolitical change at the structural level disrupts social…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Democracy, Social Change, Cross Cultural Studies
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White, Michael J.; And Others – Social Forces, 1993
Analysis of a public use microdata sample file from the 1980 census indicates that residential assimilation of Asian Americans was positively related to educational attainment and, to a lesser extent, to income. Although being foreign-born, nonnaturalized, or a recent immigrant were negatively related to residential assimilation, these traits were…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Educational Attainment, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity