Social Networks, Gender, and Immigrant Incorporation: Resources and Constraints

Most research on social networks and immigrant incorporation focuses on the short-term and positive functions of networks, neglecting changes in networks over time. I present a dynamic and variable portrayal of networks to demonstrate how they gradually assume different forms and functions for women...

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Published inAmerican sociological review Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 55 - 67
Main Author Hagan, Jacqueline Maria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Sociological Association 01.02.1998
Subjects
Adaptation
Assimilation
Community Relations
Community structure
Employment
Ethnic Groups
Ethnography
Factors
Females
Gender
Gender differences
Houston
Houston, Texas
Human Capital
Human ecology and demography
Human migration
Immigrant adaptation
Immigrants
Immigrants, Networks, and Work
Immigration
Incorporation
Interpersonal Relationship
Labor market
Males
Maya Indian people
Mayans
Men
Migrant communities
Migrants
Migration
Neighborhoods
Network
Noncitizens
Online communities
Opportunities
Persistence
Research Methodology
Resource Materials
Sexes
Social Capital
Social Integration
Social networking
Social Networks
Social relations
Social Structure
Sociology
Sociology of migrations
United States
Women
Workers
Working women
United States Of America
New York
Washington DC
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
Texas
England
Mexico
New York City New York
Social Change
Immigrant
Gender relation
Gender difference
Sex
Social structure
Social network
Longitudinal Analysis
Neighborhood
Social relations
Naturalization
Association
Social Integration
Work
Social dynamic
Social function
Community
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Summary:Most research on social networks and immigrant incorporation focuses on the short-term and positive functions of networks, neglecting changes in networks over time. I present a dynamic and variable portrayal of networks to demonstrate how they gradually assume different forms and functions for women and for men that differentially affect settlement outcomes, particularly opportunities to become legal. The gendered social relations of neighborhood, work, and voluntary associations interact to produce this outcome. The conclusions suggest that social networks can both strengthen and weaken over time, can change differentially for different segments of the immigrant community, and therefore can have disparate effects on incorporation.
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ISSN:0003-1224
1939-8271
DOI:10.2307/2657477