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The Boundaries of Belonging : Online Work of Immigration-Related Social Movement Organizations /
This book addresses an issue currently making political headlines in the United States--immigration. Immigrants have long engendered debates about the boundaries of belonging, with some singing their praises and others warning of their dangers. In particular, the 11 million unauthorized immigrants i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan,
[2016]
©2016 |
| Colección: | Cultural sociology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dedication ; Permissions; Series Editor Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Organizational Acronyms; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Debating Immigration; The Research Context: A Nation of Immigrants and Immigration-Related Activism; Methodology: Studying the Immigrant Rights and Immigration Control Movements; Data Collection; The Organizations; Road Map to the Book; Notes; Bibliography; 2: The Boundaries of Belonging; Putting Cultural Sociology into Closer Conversation with Social Movement Scholarship; Culture in the Study of Social Movements: A Brief Introduction.
- Culture in the Study of the Immigrant Rights and Immigration Control MovementsSymbolic Boundaries: The Moral and Legal Dimensions; Working the Boundaries; Moving the Immigration Debate Online; Notes; Bibliography; 3: Family Matters; Family Unity: Children as Stand-ins; ``Dont́ Deport My Dad/Mom:́́ Children as Political Actors; ``Anchor Babies:́́ Children as Pawns; Family Separation: The Peril and Promise of Deportation and Enforcement; Fighting Deportation and Enforcement: Families Without Borders; The Other Side of Deportation and Enforcement: Families Within Borders.
- Bringing in Politics: The Family as a Justification for ActionImmigration Reform Is for Families; The Politics of Enforcement; Notes; Bibliography; 4: The Price of Citizenship; Performing Citizenship as Civic-Economic Participation; The First Step: A Path for Aspiring Americans; ``Work Connects Us All:́́ Immigrants ́Contributions; Contributions Build Community: We Are All Citizens; DREAMers: The Most Deserving of All?; Preventing ``Amnesty:́́ A Path Away from Citizenship; What Part of ``Illegal ́́Dont́ You Understand? Dont́ Reward Lawbreakers.
- Amnestyś Fallout: The Consequences of Unchecked ImmigrationJust Say No to Amnesty: Ordinary Americans Speak; Dueling Statistics: Numerical Narratives of (Un)Worthiness; A Path to Citizenship: Benefits for All; The Path Away from Citizenship: True Fiscal Commonsense; Notes; Bibliography; 5: Evaluating Values; American Values: A Nation of Immigrants or a Nation for Americans?; A Nation of Immigrants and Shared Values; A Nation for Americans and Shared Interests; No Human Being Is Illegal: Universalizing the Cause; Religion and Morality: The Most Explicit of Universal Values.
- Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Vulnerable or Dangerous?Protecting the Vulnerable; Protecting the Nation; Notes; Bibliography; 6: Symbolic Boundaries in Action; The Cultural Structures of Boundary Work; Measuring ``Success:́́ The Potential Implications of Symbolic Boundary Work; Political Outcomes; Cultural Consequences; Gauging the Future: Studying the Cultural Consequences of Social Movements; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix: Thematic Coding Categories; Bibliography; Index.