Democracy in immigrant America : changing demographics and political participation /

"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of democratic participation among first- and second-generation immigrants in the United States. Immigrants and their children already constitute a sizable proportion of the population, and this will grow to 25 percent of the electorate by the year 20...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick (Subramanian Karthick), 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Immigrants > Political activity > United States.
Immigrants > Activité politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Immigrants > Political activity.
Einwanderer
Politisches Engagement
Democratie.
Immigranten.
Politieke activiteit.
Politieke participatie.
United States.
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Studying the newcomers
  • A matter of numbers : immigrant demographics and the electoral process
  • Are the newcomers exceptional? : the applicability of traditional models to immigrant political participation
  • From newcomers to settlers : immigrant adaptation and political participation
  • Were they pushed? : political threat, institutional mobilization, and immigrant voting
  • Beyond the ballot box : nonvoting political behavior across immigrant generations
  • The future of immigrant political participation : directions in policy and research.

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