title: The future of immigrant incorporation:  Which models?  Which concepts?
abstract: "The paper examines the usefulness of various theoretical approaches for understanding the causes and consequences of international migration in the 1990s.  Extant ideas are considered in three periods, each with its own characteristic approach:  the classical, represented by push and pull and assimilation perspectives; the modern, reflecting neo-Marxist and structured inequality perspectives; and emerging patterns in the literature, focusing on multiculturalism, social movements and citizenship."  The geographical focus is on Europe and the United States.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Heisler
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012922:Social Change; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Acculturation; Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Europe; International Migration; Migrants; Migration; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Social Change; Theoretical Studies; United States