Immigration and the border : politics and policy in the new Latino century / edited by David L. Leal and José E. Limón.

Other author Leal, David L.
Format Book
PublicationNotre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2013]
Descriptionix, 488 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Hispanic Americans--Politics and government.
Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.
Immigrants--Political activity. --United States.
Immigrants--United States. --Social conditions.
Latin America--Emigration and immigration.
United States--Emigration and immigration.

SeriesLatino perspectives
Latino perspectives. ^A770386
Contents 1. Formal and informal institutions in the construction of transnational lives : a study of Mexican and Mexican American experiences in San Antonio, Texas-a Mexican-majority U.S. city / Harriett D. Romo -- 2. Looking north and the immigrant's social imaginary / Ricardo Ainslie and Daphny Dominguez Ainslie -- 3. Latino immigrants : transnationalism, patterns of multiple citizenships, and social capital / John A. Garcia -- 4. The political consequences of Latino immigrant transnational ties / Adrian D. Pantoja ... [et al.] -- 5. From naturalized citizen to voter : the context of naturalization and electoral participation in Latino communities / Louis Desipio -- 6. At home abroad? The Dominican diaspora in New York City as a transnational political actor / Adrian Pantoja -- 7. U.S. and Mexican schools as regulators of dropout rates for Chicano students / Raymond V. Padilla -- 8. Eligibility, enrollment, utilization : barriers to public insurance access among Latino families in the age of welfare and health care reform / Adela de la Torre ... [et al.] -- 9. Cultural sensitivity or cultural innovation? A review of interventions to improve enrollment of Latino immigrant children in public insurance programs / Adela de la Torre ... [et al.] -- 10. Policy actors and the immigration policy process / Lisa Magaña -- 11. Rhetoric and realities : American immigration policy after September 11, 2001 / Rodolfo Espino and Rafael A. Jimeno -- 12. Indecent proposal? The rise and success of Arizona Proposition 200 / Sylvia Manzano -- 13. Proposition 200 in Arizona : déjà vu all over again / Manuel Avalos and Lisa Magaña -- 14. Are anti-immigrant statements racist or nativist? What difference does it make? / Rene Galindo and Jami Vigil -- 15. Latino youth activists in the age of globalization / Maria de los Angeles Torres -- 16. The emerging community leadership and transnational politics of Mexican national immigrants in New England / Martha Montero-Sieburth
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012044384
ISBN9780268013356 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0268013357 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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