Civic hopes and political realities
Subtitle: community organizations and political engagement among immigrants in the United States and abroad
By: edited by S. Karthick Ramakrishnan and Irene Bloemraad.
Contributors: Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick 1975-; Bloemraad, Irene, 1972-
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780871547019
Subjects: Immigrants -- United States -- Political activity; Immigrants -- Social networks -- United States; Immigrants -- Political activity; Immigrants -- Social networks
Table of contents: title: Introduction / (Karthick Ramakrishnan and Irene Bloemraad); title: The importance of place; title: Making organizations count : the importance of place in explaining the incidence and political presence of organizations / (Karthick Ramakrishnan and Irene Bloemraad); title: Parties, organizations, and the political incorporation of immigrants in six cities / (Kristi Andersen); title: Organizing for Latino immigrant labor rights in two U.S. cities : the case of San Jose and Houston / (Shannon Gleeson); title: Inclusion versus exclusion : organizational dynamics among Caribbeans in Britain and France / (Rahsaan Maxwell); title: Turkish civic networks and political behavior in Amsterdam and Berlin / (Floris Vermeulen and Maria Berger); title: Variations across ethnic groups; title: Communities of practice for civic and political engagement : a comparison of Asian Indian and Vietnamese immigrant organizations in a Southwestern metropolis / (Caroline B. Brettell and Deborah Reed-Danahay); title: High-skilled but unwelcome in politics : immigrant political incorporation in a New Jersey suburb / (Sofya Aptekar); title: selective service : civic engagement among Indian, Polish, and Mexican immigrants in Chicago / (Laurencio Sanguino); title: Variations by organization type; title: Latino and Asian American protestant churches and conservative politics in the United States / (Janelle Wong, Kathy Rim, and Haven Perez); title: Immigrants at work: how labor unions build political power for non-citizen members / (Rebecca Hamlin); title: The role of nonprofit organizations in structuring immigrant political incorporation in urban America / (Els de Graauw); title: Civic engagement across borders : the promise and challenge of Mexican immigrant hometown associations in Southern California / (Celia Viramontes).