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Afro-Caribbean immigrants and the politics of incorporation : ethnicity, exception, or exit /
This book examines the political behavior of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in New York City to answer a familiar, but nagging question about American democracy. Does racism still complicate or limit the political integration patterns of racial minorities in the United States? With the arrival of unprece...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This book examines the political behavior of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in New York City to answer a familiar, but nagging question about American democracy. Does racism still complicate or limit the political integration patterns of racial minorities in the United States? With the arrival of unprecedented numbers of immigrants from Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean over the last several decades, there is reason once again to consider this question. The country is confronting the challenge of incorporating a steady, substantial stream of non-white, non-European voluntary immigrants into the political system. Will racism make this process as difficult for these newcomers as it did for African Americans? The book concludes discrimination does interfere with the immigrants' adjustment to American political life. But their political options and strategic choices in the face of this challenge are unexpected ones, not anticipated by standard accounts in the political science literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511169264 9780511169267 0511168837 9780511168833 9780521676403 0521676401 9780521859226 0521859220 9780511606694 0511606699 1280436883 9781280436888 051116839X 9780511168390 0511167873 9780511167874 1107156289 9781107156289 0511314728 9780511314728 |