The transnational effect of multicultural policies on migrants' identification

The case of the Israeli diaspora in the USA

Bibliographic Data

ID4263153
AuthorsE Kislev (0000-0001-5587-2031, Department of Sociology Columbia University 501 Knox Hall, 606 West 122nd Street New York NY 10027 USA, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume15
Issue1
Pages118-139
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/glob.12043
OpenAlexW2029273312
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited54

While it is difficult to gauge the effect of multicultural policieswithincountries, it is even more difficult to measure themacrosscountries. In this article, I use fundamental multicultural changes that have occurred in Israeli society in recent decades as a case study, and track their effect on how Israelis who reside in the USA identify with Israel. Analysing the US census and the American Community Survey, I have focused my research on three groups of Israeli-born migrants in the USA - Israeli Arabs, ultra-Orthodox Jews and the Jewish majority. Findings indicate that originating from a minority community in the homeland predicts not only a different rate, but also different longitudinal trends of Israeli identification. I offer several possible explanations for these variations, but an in-depth analysis of the Israeli case indicates that the transnational effect of the changing multicultural agenda in Israel is the leading mechanism at play

Census · Development economics · Diaspora · Ethnic group · Geography · Homeland · Judaism · Multiculturalism · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law