Transnationalism and Vocabularies of Motive in International Migration: The Case of Israelis in the United States

The great body of recent work on international migration has generally considered immigration as a permanent movement and explored the phenomenon from either a micro or macro perspective. Transnationalism offers a new model that integrates these dichotomized views. This paper uses the perspective of...

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Published in:Sociological perspectives 1997-01, Vol.40 (3), p.409-427
Main Author: Gold, Steven J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Americas
Asia
Asia, Western
Assimilation
Behavior
Case Study
Culture
Demography
Developed Countries
Economic motivation
Emigration and Immigration
Human migration
Immigration
International migration
Israel
Jewish Cultural Groups
Jewish migration
Jewish peoples
Labor migration
Los Angeles, California
Middle Eastern Cultural Groups
Migrant communities
Migration
Migration (Israelis)
Motivation
Nationalism
North America
Political migration
Population
Population Dynamics
Psychology
Transients and Migrants
Transnationalism
United States
United States of America
World systems
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Summary:The great body of recent work on international migration has generally considered immigration as a permanent movement and explored the phenomenon from either a micro or macro perspective. Transnationalism offers a new model that integrates these dichotomized views. This paper uses the perspective of transnationalism to explore the motives of Israeli immigrants in the U.S. Integrating insights from both micro and world systems perspectives, findings emphasize the importance of personal and macro-level networks as well as Israelis' international culture and experience as both facilitating and giving meaning to their presence in the United States. /// [Spanish] La gran producción de trabajos sobre la inmigración internacional, generalmente, ha considerado la migración como un movimiento permanente y ha explorado el fenómeno desde las micro y macro-perspectivas. El transnacionalismo ofrece un modelo nuevo que integra estos puntos de vista en dicotomía. Este trabajo utiliza la perspectiva del transnacionalismo para explorar los motivos de la migración israelí en Estados Unidos. La integración de ideas de las micro y macro-perspectivas mundiales, subrayan el énfasis de la importancia de las redes personales y de macro-nivel así también como la cultura internacional de los israelíes y la experiencia de que ambas facilitan y dan significado a su presencia en los EsTados Unidos. /// [Chinese] (Unicode for Chinese abstract). /// [Japanese] (Unicode for Japanese abstract).
ISSN:0731-1214
1533-8673
DOI:10.2307/1389450