“Outsiders No More?”: The Discourse of Political Incorporation of Vietnamese Refugees in the United States (1975–2020)

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-264
Author(s):  
Ly Thi Hai Tran
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Incorporation ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees

A Critical Transnational Perspective to Asian America

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen Le Espiritu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Asian American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Human Welfare ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
Rights Discourse

Much of the early scholarship in Asian American studies sought to establish that Asian Americans have been crucial to the making of the US nation and thus deserve full inclusion into its polity. This emphasis on inclusion affirms the status of the United States as the ultimate protector and provider of human welfare, and narrates the Asian American subject by modern civil rights discourse. However, the comparative cases of Filipino immigrants and Vietnamese refugees show how Asian American racial formation has been determined not only by the social, economic, and political forces in the United States but also by US colonialism, imperialism, and wars in Asia.

Vietnamese Refugees and Blocked Mobility

1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Gold ◽  
Nazli Kibria
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Model Minority ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Cultural Orientations ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Blocked Mobility

Recent media reports have described Vietnamese refugees as a “model minority” — a group whose cultural orientations have enabled them to overcome disadvantages and achieve economic success. This paper examines data from published sources and ethnographic studies conducted by the authors in Oakland, California and Philadelphia to assess the economic situation of Vietnamese refugees in the United States. Evidence suggests that in strong contrast to being a “success story,” the economic status of many recently arrived Vietnamese refugees is characterized by unstable, minimum-wage employment, welfare dependency and participation in the informal economy. The paper suggests that the group's economic opportunities have been limited by the configuration of circumstances that have surrounded their entry and settlement into the United States as refugees, as well as by the demographic structure of the group.

The Political Incorporation of Muslims in the United States: The Mobilizing Role of Religiosity in Islam

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karam Dana ◽  
Bryan Wilcox-Archuleta ◽  
Matt Barreto
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Incorporation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Muslim Americans ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Overwhelming Evidence

AbstractDespite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, popular perceptions in the United States, especially among political elites, continue to believe that religious Muslims oppose American democratic traditions and values. While many studies find positive relationships between mosque attendance and civic participation among U.S. Muslims, an empirical and theoretical puzzle continues to exist. What is missing is research that examines the relationships between the multi-dimensional concept of religiosity and how this is associated with public opinion and attitudes towards the American political system among Muslim Americans. Using a unique national survey of Muslim Americans, we find a positive relationship between religious beliefs, behavior, and belonging and perceptions of compatibility with American democratic traditions. Quite simply, the most religious are the most likely to believe in political integration in the United States.

Vietnamese Refugees in America: Toward a Theory of Spontaneous International Migration

1979 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 624-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell Montero
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
International Migration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Migration Pattern ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees ◽  
Spontaneous Migration

This article proposes a model describing the spontaneous migration pattern of the Vietnamese refugees compared to the more traditional immigration pattern of other Asians in the United States. This study also discusses the factors contributing to the socioeconomic status of the Vietnamese refugees and attempts to forecast the prospects for the Vietnamese in America.

Problems of Vietnamese Refugees in the United States

1982 ◽  
pp. 11-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keh-Ming Lin ◽  
Minoru Masuda ◽  
Laurie Tazuma
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees
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