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Many Immigrants (many + immigrant)
Selected AbstractsThe multiplicity of citizenship: transnational and local practices and identifications of middle-class migrantsGLOBAL NETWORKS, Issue 3 2010MARIANNE VAN BOCHOVE Abstract In this article we focus on local and transnational forms of active citizenship, understood as the sum of all political practices and processes of identification. Our study, conducted among middle-class immigrants in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, indicates that the importance of active transnational citizenship should not be overstated. Among these immigrants, political practices are primarily focused on the local level; political practices directed to the home country appear to be quite rare. However, although transnational activities in the public sphere are rather exceptional, many immigrants do participate in homeland-directed activities in the private sphere. If we look at processes of identification, we see that a majority of the middle-class immigrants have a strong local identity. Many of them combine this local identification with feelings of belonging to people in their home country. [source] The Closing Frontier: Agrarian Change, Immigrants and the ,Squatter Menace' in Gokwe, 1980-1990sJOURNAL OF AGRARIAN CHANGE, Issue 4 2001Pius S. Nyambara ,Squatting' in the communal areas of Zimbabwe has been largely ignored in the literature because it is assumed that it does not exist in a ,communal' land tenure system. This article argues that ,squatting' in Gokwe villages has become a common strategy by landless immigrants to access land. Gokwe has been a frontier region for many immigrants in search of land since the 1950s with intense pressure on land by the 1990s. As the frontier closed, the question of citizenship in Gokwe villages became more signi?cant than ever before. Those who are not formally registered as residents are de?ned by local government authorities and established villagers as ,squatters' who should be evicted. The article traces how local authorities and established villagers have responded to what they perceive as the ,squatter menace'. It further examines the means used by ,squatters' to lay claims to land and to defend those claims in Gokwe villages. [source] Demographic Trends in the United States: A Review of Research in the 2000sJOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, Issue 3 2010Andrew J. Cherlin Demographic trends in the 2000s showed the continuing separation of family and household because of factors such as childbearing among single parents, the dissolution of cohabiting unions, divorce, repartnering, and remarriage. The transnational families of many immigrants also displayed this separation, as families extended across borders. In addition, demographers demonstrated during the decade that trends such as marriage and divorce were diverging according to education. Moreover, demographic trends in the age structure of the population showed that a large increase in the elderly population will occur in the 2010s. Overall, demographic trends produced an increased complexity of family life and a more ambiguous and fluid set of categories than demographers are accustomed to measuring. [source] The weight of US residence among immigrants: a systematic reviewOBESITY REVIEWS, Issue 4 2010R. Oza-Frank Summary As the number of immigrants in the USA continues to rise, it becomes increasingly important to understand how their health differs from native-born individuals. Obesity is a public health concern and a component of health that may differ and change in important ways in immigrants. This research synthesizes the current literature on the relationship between immigrant duration of residence in the USA and body weight. Five databases from the health and social sciences were searched for all pertinent publications. Fifteen articles met inclusion criteria, 14 of which reported a significant, positive relationship between body mass index and duration of residence in the USA (all P -values <0.10). Two studies reported a threshold effect of weight gain after 10 years of US residence, and another study reported that body mass index peaks after 21 years of duration for men and after 15 years for women. The results of this review suggest that weight gain prevention programmes would be beneficial for many immigrants within the first decade of residence in the USA. Prevention efforts may be more successful if nativity and acculturation are considered in addition to race/ethnicity. Future research is needed to identify the specific mechanisms through which living in the USA may adversely affect health outcomes. [source] | ||||||||||