Ethnic pluralism, transnationalism and assimilation of migrant cultures

First essay is about describing the differences and similarities between assimilation, ethnic pluralism and transnationalism for immigrants. And which is the best way to adapt the host society and why? (Try to cite “The New Americans” EDITED BY Mary C. Waters & Reed Ueda with Helen B. Marrow HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2007 ) Pages 159-166

For the second essay, answer the following question (Do the benefits of migration outweigh the costs of migration for women? In other words, do women have more to gain or more to lose from migration (for instance, compared to men)? You can think about this issue in terms of the causes of migration, the relative difficulty/ease of migrating for women, the occupational and economic status of women migrants in the host society, or the impact of migration on women’s gender and social status within the family/household. (try to use this citation: Oishi, Nana. Women in motion: Globalization, state policies, and labor migration in Asia. Stanford University Press, 2005. )