IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/anname/v530y1993i1p74-96.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and its Variants

Author

Listed:
  • ALEJANDRO PORTES
  • MIN ZHOU

Abstract

Post-1965 immigration to the United States has given rise to a vigorous literature focused on adult newcomers. There is, however, a growing new second generation whose prospects of adaptation cannot be gleaned from the experience of their parents or from that of children of European immigrants arriving at the turn of the century. We present data on the contemporary second generation and review the challenges that it confronts in seeking adaptation to American society. The concept of segmented assimilation is introduced to describe the diverse possible outcomes of this process of adaptation. The concept of modes of incorporation is used for developing a typology of vulnerability and resources affecting such outcomes. Empirical case studies illustrate the theory and highlight consequences of the different contextual situations facing today's second generation.

Suggested Citation

  • Alejandro Portes & Min Zhou, 1993. "The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and its Variants," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 530(1), pages 74-96, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:530:y:1993:i:1:p:74-96
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716293530001006
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002716293530001006
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0002716293530001006?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Leafia Zi Ye, 2025. "Suppressed Potential: Undocumented Status and Child Arrivals’ Socioeconomic Development throughout the Life Course," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 44(1), pages 1-34, February.
    2. Louise Devos & Louis Lippens & Dries Lens & François Rycx & Mélanie Volral & Stijn Baert, 2025. "Labour Market Disadvantages of Citizens with a Migration Background in Belgium: A Systematic Review," De Economist, Springer, vol. 173(1), pages 121-175, March.
    3. Luigi M. Solivetti, 2024. "Muslim immigrants and perceived discrimination in Europe: a comparative analysis," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 58(2), pages 1859-1879, April.
    4. Mari Toivanen, 2019. "Second Generation and Migrant Capital in the Transnational Space: The Case of Young Kurds in France," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(4), pages 243-252.
    5. Yaël Brinbaum, 2018. "Incorporation of Immigrants and Second Generations into the French Labour Market: Changes between Generations and the Role of Human Capital and Origins," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(3), pages 104-118.
    6. Dafeng Xu, 2018. "Transportation assimilation revisited: New evidence from repeated cross-sectional survey data," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(4), pages 1-20, April.
    7. Ameera Karimshah & Melinda Chiment & Zlatko Skrbis, 2014. "The Mosque and Social Networks: The Case of Muslim Youth in Brisbane," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 2(2), pages 38-46.
    8. Michael A. Hansen & Jonathan Olsen, 2023. "Identity and Belonging: Emotional Assimilation in Two Immigrant Communities in Germany," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 1795-1815, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:530:y:1993:i:1:p:74-96. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.