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This highly readable book offers the first comprehensive definition
of the field of ethnic studies, covering both the major issues of
the field and its theoretical and methodological approaches. Ethnic
Studies traces the origins and evolution of the discipline in the
United States and maps its domain. The majority of the work
considers central issues in ethnicity such as identity,
stratification, adaptation, discrimination, racism, segregation,
conflict, ethnicity and politics, and race, class and gender. For
each issue, key concepts are introduced, main dimensions outlined,
empirical evidence presented, theoretical approaches discussed, and
often an alternative perspective is suggested.
Yang highlights several current issues in ethnic studies such as
affirmative action, illegal/legal immigration, and bilingual
education and the English-only movement.
Why do countries differ substantially in the size of legal
permanent immigration to the United States since 1965, even after
the repeal of the discriminatory national origins quota system? The
author demonstrates that development theory, world system theory
and immigrants' social network theory all contain partial truths,
but not one of them captures the entire immigration process. Here
cross-national differences in the size of post-1965 immigration are
shown as the outcomes of multi-dimensional forces, including the
source country's development, U.S. involvement in the country,
immigrants' resources, and the interactions of these factors.
Scholars and readers interested in immigration, demography,
sociology, history, international relations, cross-national
analysis and social change will find this book an interesting and
useful addition to their list of resources.
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