Mobilizing public sociology : scholars, activists, and Latin@ migrants converse on common ground /

Mobilizing Public Sociology , coedited by Victoria Carty and Rafael Luévano, combines theory and scholarly perspectives with a grassroots approach to challenges that Latin@ immigrants face in the United States. Public sociology calls for scholars and community activists and practitioners to engage...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carty, Victoria (Editor ), Luévano, Rafael (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Colección:Studies in critical social sciences ; 106.
Temas:
Mexican Americans > Social conditions.
Central American Americans > Social conditions.
Hispanic American gangs.
Hispanic American youth > Social conditions.
Immigrants > United States.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Conditions sociales.
Américains d'origine centraméricaine > Conditions sociales.
Gangs américains d'origine latino-américaine.
Jeunesse américaine d'origine latino-américaine > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Hispanic American gangs
Hispanic American youth > Social conditions
Immigrants
Mexican Americans > Social conditions
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction / Victoria Carty
  • Immigrant oppression and resistance movements
  • Collaboration between federal, state, and local law enforcement : gang injunctions, gang databases, and immigration consequences / Amelia Alvarez and Fawn Bekam
  • Gentrification, gang injunctions, and the impact on Latin communities in southern California / Madeleine Spencer and Victoria Carty
  • The politics of immigration and a Catholic counternarrative : a perspective from the United States / Kristin E. Heyer
  • Embracing the "other" : dreamers navigating higher education / Harriett D. Romo and Raquel R. Marquez
  • Immigrants and community narratives
  • Latin immigrant youth in the age of mixed messages : a perspective on deferred action and unaccompanied minors / Lisa D. Ramirez
  • America's love/hate relationship with immigrants and oc human relations' voice for understanding / Rusty Kennedy
  • Public sociology in action : the struggle to assist undocumented Latin youth / Eileen McNerney
  • Revolution of the heart : assisting migrants in their quest for dignity / Patrick Murphy
  • A life's pursuit : the journey to higher education of an undocumented student / Oliver Lopez
  • At the partnership table: bridging academia and community through horizontal dialoguing / Suzanne SooHoo and Patricia Huerta
  • Conclusion: the public sociology migrant narrative / Rafael Luevano
  • Index.

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