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Reconceptualizing Acculturation: Ecological Processes, Historical Contexts, and Power Inequities

Commentary for Ajcp Special Section on “The Other Side of Acculturation: Changes among Host Individuals and Communities in Their Adaptation to Immigrant Populations”

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Tseng, V., Yoshikawa, H. Reconceptualizing Acculturation: Ecological Processes, Historical Contexts, and Power Inequities. Am J Community Psychol 42, 355–358 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-008-9211-y

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