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The Founders on Citizenship and Immigration : Principles and Challenges in America.

Working with the underlying premise that America's founding principles continue to be vital in the modern era, Erler, Marini, and West take a conservative look at immigration, one of today's most pressing political issues. Character_the capacity to live a life befitting republican citizens...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Erler, Edward J.
Otros Autores: Marini, John, West, Thomas G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.
Colección:Claremont Institute series on statesmanship and political philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; Chapter 1
  • INTRODUCTION: POLITICS AND IMMIGRATION; BORDER SECURITY, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND AMNESTY; MEXICO SUPPORTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION; "OUT OF THE SHADOWS"; THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE HISPANIC VOTE; IMMIGRATION AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE; IMMIGRATION AND REGIME QUESTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE FOUNDING; Chapter 2
  • AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP AND POSTMODERN CHALLENGES; THE CONSTITUTION AND CITIZENSHIP; DID THE DECLARATION ADOPT BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP?; NATURALIZATION AND SOCIAL COMPACT; THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT AND CITIZENSHIP.
  • NATIVE PERSONS AND THE REQUIREMENT OF RECIPROCAL CONSENT: ELK V. WILKINSUNITED STATES V. WONG KIM ARK; POSTMODERN CITIZENSHIP; Chapter 3
  • IMMIGRATION: THE FOUNDERS' VIEW AND TODAY'S CHALLENGE; EQUALITY AND IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION; THE PROBLEM OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT; THE FOUNDERS' IMMIGRATION POLICY; IMPLICATIONS FOR TODAY: THE QUESTION OF CHARACTER; THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE 1880-1914 IMMIGRANT WAVE; THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE KIND OF GOVERNMENT FAVORED BY IMMIGRANTS AND THE PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT; MODERN LIBERALISM AND CONSERVATISM AS OBSTACLES TO ASSIMILATION.
  • IMMIGRATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATEChapter 4
  • PROGRESSIVISM, IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP; CITIZENSHIP IN A REGIME OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; HISTORY, SCIENCE AND RACE; EQUALITY AND CITIZENSHIP; IMMIGRATION LAW AND CITIZENSHIP; CONCLUSION; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ABOUT THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE.