Papers by greta A Gilbertson
Sociological Perspectives, Sep 1, 1994
The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, Feb 4, 2013
International Migration Review, Sep 1, 1995
Critical Sociology, 2003
... The effort provided by Pearson, with assistance from Douglas Blyth and Jacqueline Taylor, wea... more ... The effort provided by Pearson, with assistance from Douglas Blyth and Jacqueline Taylor, weaves a convincing picture of this (segmented ... Migration, Transnationalization and Race in a Changing New York, edited by Héctor R. Cordero-Guzmán, Robert C. Smith and Ramón ...
Gender and U.S. Immigration, 2019
University of California Press eBooks, Jan 8, 2003
In the 1990s, applications for U.S. citizenship skyrocketed. For the previous several decades, ab... more In the 1990s, applications for U.S. citizenship skyrocketed. For the previous several decades, about 200,000 immigrants sought naturalization each year. That number has more than doubled in recent years; in 1997 alone, more than 1.6 million naturalization applications were filed. Several factors appear to account for the dramatic rise in applications. The more than three million immigrants who received legal status under the amnesty programs of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act became eligible for U.S. citizenship in the mid-1990s. Furthermore, changes in federal law-terminating social benefits to immigrants, expanding deportation grounds, and restricting judicial review-rendered the status of immigrant less secure. Add to this a general anti-immigrant animus, as evidenced by passage in California of Proposition 187, and one can understand why some immigrants might seek the security of U.S. citizenship. These are all "macro" explanations, offered by theorists familiar with trends in immigration law and policy. Audrey Singer and Greta Gilbertson here provide the data for testing the theorists' speculations. In a pathbreaking study that analyzes naturalization decisions at the "micro" level, they describe the complex motivations of members of an extended Dominican family living in New York City. Their fascinating account of why and when immigrants seek (or don't seek) naturalization is rich in detail, nuance, and even irony. They also make us aware that the categories of immigrant and citizen cannot be viewed in isolation, but must be understood within a broader context that appreciates the powerful influences of race, ethnicity, and culture. The authors' research must lead us to question the usual assumption that naturalization is the predictable and straightline outcome of the immigration process. The variety of motives cited for naturalizing-including that naturalization facilitates return to the Dominican Republic-will force us to think more deeply about the meaning of U.S. citizenship and forms of attachment. Singer and Gilbertson note that the meaning of naturalization and citizenship may change for individuals over time and based on new circumstances. That is, citizenship-much as America itself-is a dynamic concept that cannot be adequately captured or characterized in static terms of "affect" or "identity." Their work is a valuable addition to the literature, and the International Migration Policy Program is pleased to publish it.
U.M.I. (University Microfilms International) Dissertation Information Service eBooks, 1988
International Migration Review, 2007
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2003
Despite the increase in scholarly attention to citizenship, few studies have examined how immigra... more Despite the increase in scholarly attention to citizenship, few studies have examined how immigrants acquire formal citizenship through naturalization. We employ a qualitative, longitudinal case-study approach to examine whether immigrants naturalize in the US or ...
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 1997
International Migration Review
International Migration Review, 2001
ing avoided to emphasize the connections between gender, race and class inequalities, and to ackn... more ing avoided to emphasize the connections between gender, race and class inequalities, and to acknowledge the racial privilege of Italian women when compared to migrant ones. To explain how the demand for domestic labor is still very high in contemporary Italy, the author refers mainly to the enduring familism and the Catholic subculture, neglecting a little the poor Welfare state services for caring children and elderly people. The analysis of the evolution in the domestic work sector, and in particular of its Catholicoriented organizations, is very interesting and original in the absence of specific Italian studies. We can remark, however, that the author’s debate would have been more powerful if she had also considered Filipino migrant women, since the majority was recruited by the said organizations just to work as live-in maids in Italy as well as in other Western countries. More generally, this book becomes important since it confirms the hypothesis that contemporary migrations...
Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets, 2000
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