Illegal, alien, or immigrant the politics of immigration reform / Lina Newton.
| Author/creator | Newton, Lina |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : New York University Press, |
| Description | ix, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : the power of a good story -- Considering unlikely outcomes : the peculiar politics of immigration -- Cases, contexts, and the puzzle of policy change -- Contesting illegalities : the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act -- Immigrants versus taxpayers : the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act -- Problem Mexicans : race, nationalism, and their limits in contemporary immigration policy -- Conclusion : power and image in immigration policymaking. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008008059 |
| ISBN | 9780814758427 (cl : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814758428 (cl : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780814758434 (pb : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814758436 (pb : alk. paper) |