Immigration and discrimination: Towards a conceptual implementation of Max Weber's notion of meaning

In this paper, we examine the heuristic utility of Weber's notion of meaning to explain the perception of immigrants in the United States, particularly undocumented immigrants. The methodological rule implying that the understanding of the meaning of such perceptions can only be achieved throug...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Arriaga Martínez, Rafael
Format:	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Language:	eng spa
Published:	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2015
Subjects:	immigration discrimination individual structure meaning (Sinn). Anthropology Ethnology Social groups Social sciences Demographics Sociology Social problems Immigrants Philosophy Epistemology motivation Political science Government International relations inmigrantes discriminación individuo estructura sentido (Sinn). Antropología Etnología Grupos sociales Ciencias sociales Demografía Sociología Problemas sociales Inmigrantes Filosofía Epistemología Motivación Ciencias políticas Gobierno Relaciones internacionales
Online Access:	https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/520
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	repositorioinstitucional-20.500.12930-6851
record_format	dspace
spelling	repositorioinstitucional-20.500.12930-68512023-05-09T17:04:36Z Immigration and discrimination: Towards a conceptual implementation of Max Weber's notion of meaning Inmigración y discriminación: Hacia un trabajo de aplicación conceptual de la noción weberiana de sentido Arriaga Martínez, Rafael immigration discrimination individual structure meaning (Sinn). Anthropology Ethnology Social groups Social sciences Demographics Sociology Social problems Immigrants Philosophy Epistemology motivation Political science Government International relations inmigrantes discriminación individuo estructura sentido (Sinn). Antropología Etnología Grupos sociales Ciencias sociales Demografía Sociología Problemas sociales Inmigrantes Filosofía Epistemología Motivación Ciencias políticas Gobierno Relaciones internacionales In this paper, we examine the heuristic utility of Weber's notion of meaning to explain the perception of immigrants in the United States, particularly undocumented immigrants. The methodological rule implying that the understanding of the meaning of such perceptions can only be achieved through the notion of structure and the theory of socialization, as presented by Jorge Bustamante, is contested. We argue that with the notion of meaning comes into play the conception of an individual motivated by subjective reasons when perceiving immigrants as X or Y, and that those reasons, far from being justifications, have a real, objective basis. We advance a comprehensive framework of law SB1070 to attempt to elucidate some of the reasons that motivate involved actors’ approval or disapproval of this law. Discutimos acerca de la utilidad heurística de la noción weberiana de sentido para explicar la percepción que se tiene en Estados Unidos de los inmigrantes y los indocumentados en particular. Cuestionamos la regla metodológica de que para comprender el sentido de esas percepciones hay que pasar por la noción de estructura y la teoría de la socialización, como lo plantea Jorge Bustamante. Sostenemos que la noción de sentido pone en juego la concepción de un individuo motivado por razones para percibir de X y Y manera a los inmigrantes y que esas razones lejos de ser justificaciones tienen un fundamento real, objetivo. Avanzamos un bosquejo comprensivo de la Ley SB1070 tratando de elucidar algunas de las razones por las que los actores involucrados la aprueban o la desaprueban. 2015-07-01 2021-06-03T03:37:41Z 2021-06-03T03:37:41Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Theoretical analysis; the general theory of rationality and Rational Choice Theory Análisis teórico; la teoría general de la racionalidad y Teoría de la Elección Racional https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/520 10.21670/ref.2015.32.a04 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12930/6851 eng spa https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/520/843 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/520/854 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/520/870 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/520/869 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/520/893 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/520/895 Derechos de autor 2015 Estudios Fronterizos application/pdf text/html application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip application/epub+zip Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Estudios Fronterizos Revista; Vol. 16 No. 32 (2015); 99-127 Estudios Fronterizos; Vol. 16 Núm. 32 (2015); 99-127 2395-9134 0187-6961
institution	Repositorio Institucional
collection	DSpace
language	eng spa
topic	immigration discrimination individual structure meaning (Sinn). Anthropology Ethnology Social groups Social sciences Demographics Sociology Social problems Immigrants Philosophy Epistemology motivation Political science Government International relations inmigrantes discriminación individuo estructura sentido (Sinn). Antropología Etnología Grupos sociales Ciencias sociales Demografía Sociología Problemas sociales Inmigrantes Filosofía Epistemología Motivación Ciencias políticas Gobierno Relaciones internacionales
spellingShingle	immigration discrimination individual structure meaning (Sinn). Anthropology Ethnology Social groups Social sciences Demographics Sociology Social problems Immigrants Philosophy Epistemology motivation Political science Government International relations inmigrantes discriminación individuo estructura sentido (Sinn). Antropología Etnología Grupos sociales Ciencias sociales Demografía Sociología Problemas sociales Inmigrantes Filosofía Epistemología Motivación Ciencias políticas Gobierno Relaciones internacionales Arriaga Martínez, Rafael Immigration and discrimination: Towards a conceptual implementation of Max Weber's notion of meaning
description	In this paper, we examine the heuristic utility of Weber's notion of meaning to explain the perception of immigrants in the United States, particularly undocumented immigrants. The methodological rule implying that the understanding of the meaning of such perceptions can only be achieved through the notion of structure and the theory of socialization, as presented by Jorge Bustamante, is contested. We argue that with the notion of meaning comes into play the conception of an individual motivated by subjective reasons when perceiving immigrants as X or Y, and that those reasons, far from being justifications, have a real, objective basis. We advance a comprehensive framework of law SB1070 to attempt to elucidate some of the reasons that motivate involved actors’ approval or disapproval of this law.
format	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
author	Arriaga Martínez, Rafael
author_facet	Arriaga Martínez, Rafael
author_sort	Arriaga Martínez, Rafael
title	Immigration and discrimination: Towards a conceptual implementation of Max Weber's notion of meaning
title_short	Immigration and discrimination: Towards a conceptual implementation of Max Weber's notion of meaning
title_full	Immigration and discrimination: Towards a conceptual implementation of Max Weber's notion of meaning
title_fullStr	Immigration and discrimination: Towards a conceptual implementation of Max Weber's notion of meaning
title_full_unstemmed	Immigration and discrimination: Towards a conceptual implementation of Max Weber's notion of meaning
title_sort	immigration and discrimination: towards a conceptual implementation of max weber's notion of meaning
publisher	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
publishDate	2015
url	https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/520
_version_	1792610704738484224

Immigration and discrimination: Towards a conceptual implementation of Max Weber's notion of meaning

Similar Items

Síguenos en: