Scott Sernau
Biographic Data
| ID | 3632013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott Sernau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Sernau |
| SIGNATURE | SERNAU S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University South Bend |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 200 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Spirit Level
Bound
An introduction to globalization. Scott Sernau unpacks aspects of economic, cultural and technological globalization with down-to-earth examples. Using the realities of an interconnected world as well as political and economic theory and history, he moves between the local and the global
Asian Immigrants' Reliance on Social Ties in a Multiethnic Labor Market
We study how the social capital and closure properties of family- and ethnic-based social networks influence the incorporation of immigrants into their host society In so doing, we examine the relationship between immigrants' reliance on social ties and their employment. Data collected through ethnographic depth interviews of Asian immigrants in Los Angeles indicate that reliance on social ties usually operates informally, as when job seekers con…
Braving a New World
Critical Choices
Using a Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach in Teaching Social Stratification
Scott Sernau teaches social stratification, international inequality and development, and race and ethnic relations. He is the author of Bound: Living in the Globalized World (Kumarian 2000) and Worlds Apart: Social Inequalities in a New Century (Sage 2001). This essay is excerpted from an article by the same title in Teaching Sociology, October 1995, Vol. 23: 364-373
Job Transitions in an Immigrant Metropolis
Les AA. examinent l'evolution de la situation sociale des asiatiques aux Etats-Unis a Los Angeles. Dans cette ville multi-ethnique les situations sociales semblent moins figees. L'analyse multivariee permet de montrer qu'apres une succession de divers emplois et apres un certain laps de temps, les immigrants quittent l'economie ethnique informelle et s'engagent dans l'economie formelle, ce qui signifie, pour eux, des gains en matiere de revenu. L…
School Choices, Rational and Otherwise
Job Transitions in an Immigrant Metropolis
Les AA. examinent l'evolution de la situation sociale des asiatiques aux Etats-Unis a Los Angeles. Dans cette ville multi-ethnique les situations sociales semblent moins figees. L'analyse multivariee permet de montrer qu'apres une succession de divers emplois et apres un certain laps de temps, les immigrants quittent l'economie ethnique informelle et s'engagent dans l'economie formelle, ce qui signifie, pour eux, des gains en matiere de revenu. L…
Asian Immigrants' Reliance on Social Ties in a Multiethnic Labor Market
We study how the social capital and closure properties of family- and ethnic-based social networks influence the incorporation of immigrants into their host society In so doing, we examine the relationship between immigrants' reliance on social ties and their employment. Data collected through ethnographic depth interviews of Asian immigrants in Los Angeles indicate that reliance on social ties usually operates informally, as when job seekers con…
Using a Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach in Teaching Social Stratification
Scott Sernau teaches social stratification, international inequality and development, and race and ethnic relations. He is the author of Bound: Living in the Globalized World (Kumarian 2000) and Worlds Apart: Social Inequalities in a New Century (Sage 2001). This essay is excerpted from an article by the same title in Teaching Sociology, October 1995, Vol. 23: 364-373
School Choices, Rational and Otherwise
School Choices, Rational and Otherwise
Job Transitions in an Immigrant Metropolis
Les AA. examinent l'evolution de la situation sociale des asiatiques aux Etats-Unis a Los Angeles. Dans cette ville multi-ethnique les situations sociales semblent moins figees. L'analyse multivariee permet de montrer qu'apres une succession de divers emplois et apres un certain laps de temps, les immigrants quittent l'economie ethnique informelle et s'engagent dans l'economie formelle, ce qui signifie, pour eux, des gains en matiere de revenu. L…
Using a Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach in Teaching Social Stratification
Scott Sernau teaches social stratification, international inequality and development, and race and ethnic relations. He is the author of Bound: Living in the Globalized World (Kumarian 2000) and Worlds Apart: Social Inequalities in a New Century (Sage 2001). This essay is excerpted from an article by the same title in Teaching Sociology, October 1995, Vol. 23: 364-373
Braving a New World
Critical Choices
Bound
An introduction to globalization. Scott Sernau unpacks aspects of economic, cultural and technological globalization with down-to-earth examples. Using the realities of an interconnected world as well as political and economic theory and history, he moves between the local and the global
Asian Immigrants' Reliance on Social Ties in a Multiethnic Labor Market
We study how the social capital and closure properties of family- and ethnic-based social networks influence the incorporation of immigrants into their host society In so doing, we examine the relationship between immigrants' reliance on social ties and their employment. Data collected through ethnographic depth interviews of Asian immigrants in Los Angeles indicate that reliance on social ties usually operates informally, as when job seekers con…
The Spirit Level
Sociology (7 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Immigration (2 works)