Fragmented Ethnic Enclave and Declining Cohesion of Ethnic Return Migrants in South KoreaFragmented Ethnic Enclave and Declining Cohesion of Ethnic Return Migrants in South Korea
- Other Titles
- Fragmented Ethnic Enclave and Declining Cohesion of Ethnic Return Migrants in South Korea
- Authors
- 신화진; 손인서; 윤인진
- Issue Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- 한국학중앙연구원 한국학중앙연구원
- Keywords
- Korean Chinese; immigrant enclave; immigrant cohesion; immigrant ties; ethnic return migration; coethnicity
- Citation
- Korea Journal, v.62, no.1, pp.216 - 244
- Indexed
- AHCI
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Korea Journal
- Volume
- 62
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 216
- End Page
- 244
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/140150
- DOI
- 10.25024/kj.2022.62.1.216
- ISSN
- 0023-3900
- Abstract
- Immigration scholarship agrees that ethnic enclaves that arise from the concentrated settlement of immigrants provide opportunities for cooperation that fortify members against the host society’s hostility. However, the scholarly image of cohesive enclaves often ignores the larger context that may influence the internal dynamics of the community. Drawing upon in-depth interview data from 58 Korean-Chinese immigrants in Korea, this study examines how the ethnic community experienced by coethnic immigrants is susceptible to the policies and social environment governing their presence in the host society. Our findings reveal that the ethnic enclave promotes the exchange of instrumental and expressive resources among immigrants. Yet, the Korean government’s selective inclusion politics lead Korean-Chinese immigrants to duplicate the negative attitudes toward their community common among South Korean natives, resulting in the degeneration of cohesion. These findings suggest that a host society’s sociopolitical practices strongly influence the interpersonal dynamics within enclaves, which are seemingly marked by unobstructed solidarity.
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