Fictive kinship : family reunification and the meaning of race and nation in American migration /

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Today, roughly 70 percent of all visas for legal immigration are reserved for family members of permanent residents or American citizens. Family reunification, policies that seek to preserve family unity during or following migration, is a central pillar of current immigration law, but it has existe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lee, Catherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2013.
Temas:
Family reunification.
Racism > United States.
Refugees > Family relationships > United States.
Family policy > United States.
Family social work.
Regroupement familial.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Réfugiés > Relations familiales > États-Unis.
Politique familiale > États-Unis.
Service social familial.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration
Family policy
Family reunification
Family social work
Racism
Refugees > Family relationships
United States > Emigration and immigration.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Note on terminology
  • Introduction
  • The fabric of our civilization as we know it : family in research and policy
  • I have kept my blood pure : gender propriety, class privilege, and racial purity in family reunification during the exclusion era
  • Reason of elemental humanity : the urgency of uniting families in the post-war era on the road to immigration reform
  • Our nation's efforts to protect families has fallen far short : pluralist ideals and vulnerable families
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Appendix: Data and methods
  • References
  • Index.

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