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“prof alejandro portes”

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  • Spanish Legacies

    The Coming of Age of the Second Generation

    by Prof. Alejandro Portes ...
    Much like the United States, the countries of Western Europe have experienced massive immigration in the last three decades. Spain, in particular, has been transformed from an immigrant-exporting country to one receiving hundreds of thousands of new immigrants. Today, almost 13 percent of the country’s population is foreign-born. Spanish Legacies, written by internationally known experts on ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Global Edge

    Miami in the Twenty-First Century

    by Prof. Alejandro Portes, Ariel C. Armony ...
    Over the last quarter century, no other city like Miami has rapidly transformed into a global city. The Global Edge charts the social tensions and unexpected consequences of this remarkable process of change. Acting as a follow-up to the highly successful City on the Edge, The Global Edge examines Miami in the context of globalization and scrutinizes its newfound place as a major international ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Immigrant America

    A Portrait

    by Prof. Alejandro Portes, Prof. Rubén G. Rumbaut ...
    This revised and updated fifth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States, including its history, the principal theories seeking to account for its diverse origins, the main types of immigrants, and the various forms of immigrants' incorporation within American society.With the latest available data, Immigrant America ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Institutions Count

    Their Role and Significance in Latin American Development

    Edited by Prof. Alejandro Portes, Lori D. Smith ...
    What leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies in the quality of a nation’s institutions. This book is the first comparative study of how real institutions affect national development. It seeks to examine and deepen this insight through a systematic study of ... Read more

    $28.49 USD