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The Role of Religion in the Process of Segmented Assimilation
R. Stephen Warner
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2007) 612, p. 100 (12 pages)

This article discusses the theory of Segmented Assimilation, and proposes ways that religion can be incorporated into this theory.

Constructing Citizenship: Exclusion, Subordination, and Resistance
Evelyn Nakano Glenn
American Sociological Review 2011 76: 1 (25 pages)

This article, the 2010 Presidential Address to the American Sociological Association, examines the sociological concept of citizenship, arguing that citizenship is not simply a fixed legal status, but is actually a fluid status that is produced through everyday practices and struggles.  Supported by historical examples, the author’s argument that the boundaries of membership are critically reinforced, challenged, and articulated in everyday practice, leads to her contention that undocumented college students experience a form of insurgent citizenship, one that challenges dominant ideology and demands an inclusive reconceptualization of the basic tenets of citizenship.

Embeddedness and Identity: How Immigrants Turn Grievances into Action
Bert Klandermans, Jojanneke van der Toorn and Jacquelien van Stekelenburg
American Sociological Review 2008 73: 992 (22 pages)

Arguing that the social and political integration of Muslim immigrants into Western societies is among the most pressing problems of today, the authors detail research that documents how immigrant communities are increasingly under pressure to assimilate to their “host” societies. 

Hispanic Segregation in Metropolitan America: Exploring the Multiple Forms of Spatial Assimilation
John Iceland and Kyle Anne Nelson
American Sociological Review 2008 73: 741 (26 pages)

Using data from the 2000 Census, the authors calculate Hispanics’ levels of residential segregation by race and nativity to examine the association of group characteristics with those patterns.  They find that Hispanics experience multiple and concurrent forms of spatial assimilation across generations, with some exceptions, suggesting that race continues to influence segregation despite the general strength of assimilation-related factors.

Racial Homogenization and Stereotypes: Black American College Students’ Stereotypes About Racial Groups
Shayla C. Nunnally
Journal of Black Studies 2009 40: 252 (15 pages)

This article uses the results of the 2004 Black American Socialization and Trust Survey (BASTS) to examine whether Black American college students view other racial groups in stereotypic ways.  They hypothesize that first, Black college students perceive racial group-specific stereotypes, and second, that Blacks will esteem their own group in a more positive light than out-groups.   They conclude that “BASTS respondents think of people generally and Whites specifically as being both less honest and trustworthy than other Black American, Asian American, and Latino group members,” which suggests that “Black college students may be less trusting of people generally and Whites specifically” (262). 

How Does the Nation Become Pluralist?
ELKE WINTER
Ethnicities 2007 7: 483 (34 pages)

This article proposes a sociological framework for the constitution of pluralism within the nation state, showing that processes of racialization and ethnicization are at the heart of social relations. Second, it argues that nations are constituted in inter- and intra-national relations of conflict and power.  Finally, normative pluralism is defined as being produced through conflict and struggle between the dominant group and various minorities.