%0 Journal Article
%T A Bourdieusian Perspective on Acculturation: Mexican Immigrants in the United States
%A Leonel Prieto
%A Tagi Sagafi-nejad
%A Balaji Janamanchi
%J Administrative Sciences
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/admsci3040290
%X 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.
%K Bourdieu¡¯s theory of practice
%K immigration
%K Mexican immigrants
%K United States
%K acculturation practices
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/3/4/290