The concept of "ethnic niche" in the publications of foreign researchers
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Evseeva M.A. The concept of "ethnic niche" in the publications of foreign researchers. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2024. Vol. 13. No. 6. P. 72-80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2024.6.6 (in Russ.).
Abstract
Objective of the study is to deep the understanding of the urgency of the applicability and semantic content of the concept “ethnic niches” when describing the types of social interaction of people of different nationalities through the analysis of scientific articles by foreign researchers for the period 2001-2024.
The methodological basis of the study includes methods of qualitative content analysis.
The results of the study. The focus of foreign researchers studying the phenomenon of “ethnic niches” is focused on the inclusion of immigrants in economic relations of their place of residence. We also conclude that, unlike Russian scientific space, the concept of “ethnic niche” is widely included in the foreign scientists’ view. Most researchers from different countries rely on the concept of ethnic niches published in the late 1990s (R. Waldinger et al.).
Prospects of the study. The results of the primary analysis on the relevance of using the concept “ethnic niche” and its content expand the scope of its applicability. The noted differences in the study of this phenomenon in Russian and foreign scientific field leave room for discussion and search for an accurate definition of this concept, taking into account not only modern conditions, but also territorial features.
Keywords:
ethnic niches, ethnic representation, ethnic entrepreneurship, interethnic (international) interaction, social differentiation
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Boyd R. L. Ethnic Competition for an Occupational Niche: The Case of Black and Italian Barbers in Northern U.S. Cities during the Late Nineteenth Century. Sociological Focus. 2002; 35; 3: 247-265. DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2002.10570702.
Cho E. Y. Revisiting Ethnic Niches: A Comparative Analysis of the Labor Market Experiences of Asian and Latino Undocumented Young Adults. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 2017; 3(4): 97-115. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.4.06.
Chacko E. Ethiopian taxicab drivers: forming an occupational niche in the US Capital, African and Black Diaspora. International Journal. 2016; 9; 2: 200-213. DOI:10.1080/17528631.2015.1083177.
Friberg J. H., Midtbøen A. H. The Making of Immigrant Niches in an Affluent Welfare State. International Migration Review. 2019; 53; 2: 322-639. DOI: 10.1177/0197918318765168.
Quarles van Ufford P., Zaal F. The Transfer of Trust: Ethnicities as Economic Institutions in the Livestock Trade in West and East Africa. Africa. 2004; 74: 121-145. DOI:10.3366/afr.2004.74.2.121.
Raghuram P., Bornat J., Leroi H. Ethnic clustering among South Asian geriatricians in the UK: an oral history study. Diversity in Health and Care. 2009; 6(4): 287-296.
Rath J. A quintessential immigrant niche? The non-case of immigrants in the Dutch construction industry. Entrepreneurship & regional development. 2002; 14: 355-372. DOI: 10.1080/0898562022000013158.
Stanek M., Veira A. Ethnic niching in a segmented labour market: Evidence from Spain. Migration Letters. 2012; 9; 3: 249-262. DOI:10.33182/ml.v9i3.96.
Waldinger R. The Making of an Immigrant Niche. International Migration Review. 1994; 28(1): 3-30. DOI: 10.1177/019791839402800101.
Waldinger R., Bozorgmehr М. Ethnic Los Angeles. New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press; 1996. 496.
Wang Q. The earnings effect of ethnic labour market concentration under multi-racial metropolitan contexts in the United States. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 2010;101; 2: 161-176. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00523.x.
Wilcox J., Margavio A. Occupational Representation by Race, Ethnicity, and Residence in Turn-of-the-Century New Orleans. Social Science Journal. 1987; 24: 1-16. DOI: 10.1016/0362-3319(87)90002-4.
Wilson F. D. Ethnic niching and metropolitan labor markets. Social Science Research. 2003; 32: 429-466. DOI: 10.1016/s0049-089x(03)00015-2.
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Received: 10.07.2024
Accepted: 22.12.2024
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Evseeva, M. A. (2024). The concept of "ethnic niche" in the publications of foreign researchers. Humanities of the South of Russia, 13(6), 72-80. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2024.6.6
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