Immigrants' Cultural Identities as Sources of Civic Engagement

Autor/in	Jensen, Lene Arnett
Titel	Immigrants' Cultural Identities as Sources of Civic Engagement
Quelle	In: Applied Developmental Science, 12 (2008) 2, S.74-83 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-8691
Schlagwörter	Citizen Participation; Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Cultural Influences; Ethnicity; Identification (Psychology); Parents; Adolescents; Interviews; Political Issues; Activism; Motivation; Family Income; Marital Status; Educational Attainment; Employment Level; Social Attitudes; Stereotypes; District of Columbia; El Salvador; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ethnizität; Eltern; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Politischer Faktor; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Familieneinkommen; Familienstand; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Beschäftigungsgrad; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Klischee; Indien
Abstract	Immigrant parents (first generation) and adolescents (second generation) from El Salvador and India (N = 80) took part in interviews on civic engagement. The immigrants were almost unanimous in regarding civic engagement as important. They also were engaged themselves, more so at the community than the political level. One third of immigrants were engaged in community activities that specifically had a cultural focus or occurred through cultural organizations, and the comparable number for political activities was 25%. Cultural motives (i.e., a cultural or immigrant sense of self) were twice as likely to be mentioned as sources of engagement rather than disengagement. Qualitative analyses of these cultural motives revealed seven engagement themes (e.g., cultural tradition of service) and three of disengagement (e.g., ethnic exclusion). (Contains 3 tables and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10