Transforming politics, transforming America
Subtitle: the political and civic incorporation of immigrants in the United States
By: edited by Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez.
Contributors: Lee, Taeku.; Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick 1975-; Ramírez, Ricardo, 1973-
Series: Race, ethnicity, and politics
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Immigrants -- United States -- Political activity -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on a conference on "A Nation of Immigrants: Ethnic Identity and Political Incorporation" held in May 2003 in Berkeley, Calif.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez; title: Immigrants and the changing categories of race / Kenneth Prewitt; title: Mobilizing group consciousness : when does ethnicity have political consequences? / Jane Junn; title: Rethinking citizenship : noncitizen voting and immigrant political engagement in the United States / Lisa García Bedolla; title: Jus meritum : citizenship for service / Cara Wong and Grace Cho; title: The impact of dual nationality on political participation / Bruce Cain and Brendan Doherty; title: Transnational politics and civic engagement : do home-country political ties limit Latino immigrant pursuit of U.S. civic engagement and citizenship? / Louis DeSipio; title: Out of line : immigration and party identification among Latinos and Asian Americans / Zoltan Hajnal and Taeku Lee; title: Nonpartisan Latino and Asian American contactability and voter mobilization / Ricardo Ramírez and Janelle Wong; title: Politics among young adults in New York : the immigrant second generation / John Mollenkopf ... [et al.]; title: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? : an examination of the racial attitudes of new immigrants in the United States / Tatishe Mavovosi Nteta; title: The political assimilation of the fourth wave / Kathryn Pearson and Jack Citrin; title: But do they bowl? : race, immigrant incorporation, and civic voluntarism in the United States / S. Karthick Ramakrishnan; title: Conclusions / Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez.