Illegal, alien, or immigrant : the politics of immigration reform /

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While the United States cherishes its identity as a nation of immigrants, the countrys immigration policies are historically characterized by cycles of openness and xenophobia. Outbursts of anti-immigrant sentiment among political leaders and in the broader public are fueled by a debate over who is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newton, Lina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
Temas:
USA > Government
Immigrants > Government policy > United States.
Immigrants > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Immigrants
Immigrants > Government policy
Einwanderungspolitik
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration.
United States
"Multi-User"
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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