Immigration And American Democracy

Author : Robert Koulish
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135843317
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Immigration and American Democracy written by Robert Koulish and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While immigration embodies America’s rhetorical commitment to democracy, it also showcases abysmal failures in democratic practice. Koulish examines these failures in terms of excessive executive powers circumventing the constitution, privatization, and right-wing subversion of local democracy.

Author : Janelle Wong
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472021443
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy's Promise written by Janelle Wong and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the massive demographic changes in the United States during the past few decades, understanding the place of immigrants in the public sphere has never been more critical. Democracy's Promise examines both the challenges and opportunities posed to American civic institutions by the presence of increasing numbers of immigrants. Author Janelle Wong argues that the low levels of political participation among contemporary immigrants are not due to apathy or preoccupation with their homeland, but to the inability of American political parties and advocacy organizations to mobilize immigrant voters. Wong's rich study of Chinese and Mexican immigrants in New York and Los Angeles complements traditional studies of political behavior and civic institutions while offering a nuanced examination of immigrants' political activity. Democracy's Promise will appeal to a broad spectrum of social scientists and ethnic studies scholars who study or teach immigration, racial and ethnic politics, political participation, civic engagement, and American political institutions. In addition, it will appeal to community organizers and party activists who are interested in issues of race and ethnicity, immigration, political participation, and political mobilization. Janelle Wong is Assistant Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. "As political parties (perhaps) decline in the United States, as civic organizations (perhaps) move away from direct participatory politics, and as the number of immigrants certainly increases--what will link new Americans to the political realm? Janelle Wong answers this important question clearly, with elegance, nuance, rich description, and galvanizing provocativeness. Her evidence is compelling and her sense of urgency about the need for parties to look beyond short-term interests even more so." --Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University "Wong draws on the Latino and Asian immigrant experience, with specific examples from the Chinese and Mexican communities of New York and Los Angeles, to show how the political parties have largely failed to organize these groups and why labor unions and immigrant advocacy organizations have stepped in to take their place. Far from 'disuniting' America, she clearly shows that bringing these groups into the political fray is central to the project of renewing American democracy." --John Mollenkopf, CUNY Graduate Center "A scathing critique of the role of parties in the mobilization of new immigrants and an invaluable analysis of alternative pathways of mobilization through community organizations." --Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University "By employing multiple empirical methods, including in-depth interviews and sophisticated survey analyses, Janelle Wong provides a compelling account of the political activities and allegiances of America's Asian and Latino immigrants that challenges much conventional wisdom. Often the political parties are failing to reach out to these groups, and often immigrants remain concerned about their home countries; but they are nonetheless increasingly active in American politics, in ways that may do much to shape the course of American political development in the 21st century. Democracy's Promise is a major contribution to our understanding of this crucial dimension of American politics." --Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania "Democracy's Promise challenges political parties to reexamine their priorities for mobilizing new voters, and identifies the critical role civic institutions play in invigorating participation among immigrant citizens. Wong's analysis is at once precise and expansive; illuminating the contours of Latino and Asian American political incorporation and provoking thoughtful debate on inclusion in democratic theory." --Jane Junn, Rutgers University

Author : Sarah Song
Publisher : Oxford Political Theory
ISBN 13 : 0190909226
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Immigration and Democracy written by Sarah Song and published by Oxford Political Theory. This book was released on 2019 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should we think about immigration and what policies should democratic societies pursue? Sarah Song offers a political theory of immigration that takes seriously both the claims of receiving countries and the claims of prospective migrants. What is required, she argues, is not a policy of open or closed borders but open doors.

Author : Merle Eugene Curti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to America written by Merle Eugene Curti and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Koulish
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135843309
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Immigration and American Democracy written by Robert Koulish and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-05 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the idea of immigration embodies America’s rhetorical commitment to democracy, recent immigration control policies also showcase abysmal failures in democratic practice. Immigration and American Democracy examines these failures in terms of state sovereignty, neoliberalism, and surveillance-based techniques of social control. The ideological argument for privatization is not new. But immigration has provided a laboratory for replicating on American soil the sorts of outsourcing travesties that have occurred in America’s war in Iraq. As an outcome, abusive executive powers—many delegated to state and local governments and private actors—are manifested every day in data collection, spying, detention, and deportation hearings, and in many cases bypassing the Constitution. The practice of privatization extends this leviathan immigration state by clamping down on civil liberties without having to oblige the courts. Ultimately, Koulish examines the contested terrain between democratic and undemocratic forces in the immigration policy domain and concludes with recommendations for how democratic forces might well still win out.

Author : Gerald David Jaynes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300073805
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Immigration and Race written by Gerald David Jaynes and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of insights about conflicts and competition, vital to those who formulate immigration policies. The insights are derived from the work of authors such as Frank D. Bean, Thomas E. Cavanagh, John A. Garcia, Peter H. Schuck, Wendy Zimmerman, and more.

Author : John C. Harles
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000307506
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics In The Lifeboat written by John C. Harles and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an ethnically heterogeneous but stable democracy, the United States is a puzzle for students of politics. Typically, the literature of democratic theory regards ethnic diversity as disruptive of a democratic polity. However, the United States has so far avoided the system-threatening consequences of heterogeneity experienced by other democratic

Author : Subramanian Karthick Ramakrishnan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780804755924
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy in Immigrant America written by Subramanian Karthick Ramakrishnan and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of democratic participation among first- and second-generation immigrants in the United States.

Author : Stanley Allen Renshon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742562653
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Noncitizen Voting and American Democracy written by Stanley Allen Renshon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing large-scale migration to the United States raises the question of how best to integrate new immigrants into the American national community. Traditionally, one successful answer has been to encourage immigrants to learn our language, culture, history, and civic traditions. New immigrants would then be invited become citizens and welcomed as full members of the community. However, a concerted effort is underway to gain acceptance for, and implement, the idea that the United States should allow new immigrants to vote without becoming citizens. It is mounted by an alliance that brings together progressive academics, law professors, local and state political leaders, and community activists, all working to decouple voting from American citizenship. Their effort show signs of success, but is it really in America's best interests to allow new immigrants to have the vote? Their proposals have been much advocated, but little analyzed. Neither a polemic nor a whitewash, Stanley A. Renshon provides a careful analysis of the arguments put forward by advocates of this position on the basis of fairness, increasing democracy, civic learning, and moral necessity and asks: Do they really help immigrants become Americans?

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Welcome to the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: