title: Heterolocalism: an alternative model of the sociospatial behaviour of immigrant ethnic communities.
abstract: "This paper evaluates critically the applicability of the well-known assimilation and pluralist models to the contemporary ethnic landscape of the U.S.... We then consider an alternative model, labelled heterolocalism, which suggests that members of certain newly arrived groups may be able to sustain their identity as an ethnic community despite immediate or rapid spatial dispersion. The applicability of the heterolocal perspective to non-metropolitan and transnational phenomena is evaluated in subsequent sections of the paper."
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zelinsky
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000569:Americas; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005843:Geography; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011287:Prejudice; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Acculturation; Americas; Community; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Ethnic Groups; Geographic Factors; Immigrants; International Migration; Migrants; Migration; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Segregation; Spatial Distribution; United States