Ethnic/immigrant associations and minorities'/immigrants' voluntary participation
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Bibliographic Information
Ethnic/immigrant associations and minorities'/immigrants' voluntary participation
(Voluntaristics review)(Brill research perspectives)
Brill, c2018
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Ethnic/immigrant associations and minorities'/immigrants' voluntary participation : a literature review
Immigrant associations and immigrants' voluntary participation
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-95)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This article reviews the literature on ethnic/immigrant associations and minorities' or immigrants' voluntary participation in major developed countries that have experienced a significant increase of immigrants, particularly after the 1990s. In terms of ethnic/immigrant associations, the author reviews the historical background of research in this area, the size and scope, the formation and development, the memberships, and the financial well-being of these associations, the roles they play in helping immigrants acculturate into the host countries, and the classification of ethnic/immigrant associations. The author also reviews the literature that examines the factors influencing minorities' and immigrants' voluntary participation, their formal and informal volunteering, as well we immigrant youth's voluntary participation.
Table of Contents
Editor's Introduction, by David Horton Smith
Author Biography
Ethnic/Immigrant Associations and Minorities'/Immigrants' Voluntary Participation
Lili Wang
Abstract
Keywords
A Introduction
B Definitions
C Historical Background
D Key Issues
E Conclusion
F Usable Knowledge
G Recent Trends and Needed Research
H Bibliography
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