Binational Social Networks and Assimilation: A Test of the Importance of Transnationalism

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dc.citation.firstpage329en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleSocial Problemsen_US
dc.citation.lastpage359en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber61en_US
dc.contributor.authorMouw, Teden_US
dc.contributor.authorChavez, Sergioen_US
dc.contributor.authorEdelblute, Heatheren_US
dc.contributor.authorVerdery, Ashtonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-29T20:22:42Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-08-29T20:22:42Zen_US
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile the concept of transnationalism has gained widespread popularity among scholars as a way to describe immigrants' long-term maintenance of cross-border ties to their origin communities, critics have argued that the overall proportion of immigrants who engage in transnational behavior is low and that, as a result, transnationalism has little sustained effect on the process of immigrant adaptation and assimilation. In this article, we argue that a key shortcoming in the current empirical debate on transnationalism is the lack of data on the social networks that connect migrants to each other and to nonmigrants in communities of origin. To address this shortcoming, our analysis uses unique binational data on the social network connecting an immigrant sending community in Guanajuato, Mexico, to two destination areas in the United States. We test for the effect of respondents' positions in cross-border networks on their migration intentions and attitudes towards the United States using data on the opinions of their peers, their participation in cross-border and local communication networks, and their structural position in the network. The results indicate qualified empirical support for a network-based model of transnationalism; in the U.S. sample we find evidence of network clustering consistent with peer effects, while in the Mexican sample we find evidence of the importance of cross-border communication with friends.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMouw, Ted, Chavez, Sergio, Edelblute, Heather, et al.. "Binational Social Networks and Assimilation: A Test of the Importance of Transnationalism." <i>Social Problems,</i> 61, no. 3 (2014) University of California Press: 329-359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/sp.2014.12192.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1525/sp.2014.12192en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/77131en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of California Pressen_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.subject.keywordtransnationalismen_US
dc.subject.keywordimmigrationen_US
dc.subject.keywordadaptation and incorporation of immigrantsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsocial networksen_US
dc.subject.keywordcollecting data on immigrationen_US
dc.titleBinational Social Networks and Assimilation: A Test of the Importance of Transnationalismen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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