Asian American Youth in Poverty: Benefits and Limitations of Ethnic Networks in Postsecondary and Labor Force Options

Autor/in	Lew, Jamie
Titel	Asian American Youth in Poverty: Benefits and Limitations of Ethnic Networks in Postsecondary and Labor Force Options
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 15 (2010) 1-2, S.127-143 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-4669
Schlagwörter	Social Mobility; Immigrants; Asian American Students; Network Analysis; Social Networks; Acculturation; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Participant Observation; Student Surveys; Socioeconomic Influences; Disadvantaged Youth; Educational Opportunities; Employment Opportunities; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Mobilität; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Asian immigrant; United States; Student; Students; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Netzplantechnik; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Akkulturation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Schülerbefragung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance
Abstract	Along with the increase and demographic shift of contemporary immigrant populations, there has been a reemergence of research and debate on immigrant adaptation and assimilation theories. Under what contexts newly arriving immigrants actually adopt or resist assimilation as a means of achieving social mobility is one of the more important empirical questions raised. In the midst of this important debate, studies have consistently underscored the benefits of coethnic enclaves and networks as important means of achieving economic mobility for immigrants and their second-generation children. Despite the significance of ethnic networks, however, there is little understanding of how these networks may also be limited, and the ways in which they intersect with class, race, and school contexts to reproduce inequality. Based on a comparative study of high- and low-achieving Korean American youths in New York City public schools, this article examines under what contexts ethnic networks become beneficial and/or limiting, particularly as they relate to postsecondary and labor force options for second-generation children. Students in both groups benefitted from ethnic networks; however, depending on their socioeconomic backgrounds and schooling contexts, students gained different educational resources and achieve varied postsecondary outcomes. I highlight the salience of class and argue that, although there is a substantial number of immigrants who have been absorbed into ethnic economy, there is also a wide class variability across and within immigrant groups, leading to important questions about how ethnic networks may be beneficial, limited, or even exploitive depending on changing contexts. (Contains 1 table and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10