Spanish Legacies: social science at its best

Spanish Legacies first stands out for the successful replication of the highly influential, seminal Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study investigation in a context quite different from the original American one, proving the exportability of its theoretical and analytical design and of its methodology. Additionally, it makes an invaluable contribution to the knowledge of the process of immigrant integration and its determinants in Spain, the country chosen for the replication. And it offers a rich and most interesting comparison about the integration of the second generation in two very different countries, the US and Spain, enriched by the fact that is based on a common research design. The book constitutes a lesson in quantitative sociology, and a lesson on the determinants of immigrant integration. The end result is social science at its best.