Full 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.
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
