Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/239723 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] Administrative Sciences [ISSN:] 2076-3387 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 290-305
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MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
This article uses Bourdieu's theory of practice (BTOP) to understand immigrants' acculturation. It synthesizes research findings by discussing acculturation as: (1) equalization of immigrants' and natives' development (convergence); (2) language and social practices related to economic, cultural, social and symbolic capitals; and (3) relationships among acculturation indicators in the evolving interactions among immigrants' habituses and their economic, cultural, social, and symbolic capitals. Hypotheses tests use micro, meso and macro-level practices. Results confirm a systemic correspondence between the habitus and different types of capital, suggesting that relationships among components of immigrants' habituses and their capitals change as acculturation develops.
Subjects: 
Bourdieu&#x2018
s theory of practice
immigration
Mexican immigrants
United States
acculturation practices
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