Transforming politics, transforming America the political and civic incorporation of immigrants in the United States / edited by Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez.

Other author Lee, Taeku.
Other author Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick (Subramanian Karthick), 1975-
Other author Ramírez, Ricardo, 1973-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press,
Descriptionx, 307 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesRace, ethnicity, and politics
Contents Introduction / Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez -- Immigrants and the changing categories of race / Kenneth Prewitt -- Mobilizing group consciousness : when does ethnicity have political consequences? / Jane Junn -- Rethinking citizenship : noncitizen voting and immigrant political engagement in the United States / Lisa García Bedolla -- Jus meritum : citizenship for service / Cara Wong and Grace Cho -- The impact of dual nationality on political participation / Bruce Cain and Brendan Doherty -- Transnational politics and civic engagement : do home-country political ties limit Latino immigrant pursuit of U.S. civic engagement and citizenship? / Louis DeSipio -- Out of line : immigration and party identification among Latinos and Asian Americans / Zoltan Hajnal and Taeku Lee -- Nonpartisan Latino and Asian American contactability and voter mobilization / Ricardo Ramírez and Janelle Wong -- Politics among young adults in New York : the immigrant second generation / John Mollenkopf ... [et al.] -- 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 -- The political assimilation of the fourth wave / Kathryn Pearson and Jack Citrin -- But do they bowl? : race, immigrant incorporation, and civic voluntarism in the United States / S. Karthick Ramakrishnan -- Conclusions / Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez.
General noteBased on a conference on "A Nation of Immigrants: Ethnic Identity and Political Incorporation" held in May 2003 in Berkeley, Calif.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-297) and index.
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LCCN 2005033301
ISBN0813925452 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813925455