A conceptual critique of globalization theory isoffered from the point of view of migration network theory.In order toaccount for immigration and informalization in advanced countries,globalization theory proposes that global restructuring has reshaped incomesacross the economic classes and that...

The literature about residential settlement patterns gives little or no attention to the supply side of the picture ofhousing access and neighborhood formation.However, outside this literature, the Logan and Molotch theory of the "urban growth machine" offers the best explanation of how...

Examines the advantages that immigrant and ethnic minority groups have in small business in the United States. In twentieth-century America, the concentration of foreign-born ethnic and minority groups involved in small business was significantly greater than disadvantaged native minorities....

Book-length and comparative study of ethnic economies, including the origins of the concept, size and prevalence of ethnic economies, class and ethnic resources, informal economy, and forms of disadvantage. Only chapters by Ivan Light are included

18th Century Protestants were less universalistic than Max Weber thought. In effect, the Protestant sectarians had created an ethnic economy within which they gave preference to co-religionists. This was often a justifiable business decision because co-ethnics were known and trusted