DIVERSITY, IMMIGRATION, AND SOCIAL CAPITAL (WEEK 9)

Mary C. Waters and Tomas R. Jimenez, “Assessing Immigrant Assimilation: New Empirical and Theoretical Challenges,” Annual Review of Sociology 31 (2005): 105- 125. http://ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?dire ct=true&db=aph&AN=17647375&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Robert D. Putnam, “E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the 21st Century: The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture” Scandinavian Political Studies 30 (June 2007): 137- 174. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467- 9477.2007.00176.x/pdf

Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and James M. Cook, “Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks,” in Annual Review of Sociology, 27 (2001): 415- 444.http://ezp1.harvard.edu/login?url=http://search.epnet.com.ezp1.harvard.edu/l ogin.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=5163030&loginpage=Login.asp&scop e=site

Gary Gerstle and J. H. Mollenkopf, “Introduction: The Political Incorporation of Immigrants, Then and Now,” in E Pluribus Unum?: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Immigrant Political Incorporation Gary Gerstle and J. H. Mollenkopf, eds. (2001), pp. 1-30.

Alex Kotlowitz, “Our Town,” New York Times, August 5, 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/magazine/05Immigration-t.html

Warren St. John, Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference (2009), chapters 5 (53-62), 7, 8, 9 (71-98), 14 (143-148), 19, 20, 21 (172-200).

View “Farmingville,” a film by Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini (2004).