Transforming Politics, Transforming America: The Political and Civic Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States (Race, Ethnicity, and Politics)

Over the past four decades, the foreign-born population in the United States has nearly tripled, from about 10 million in 1965 to more than 30 million today. This wave of new Americans comes in disproportionately large numbers from Latin America and Asia, a pattern that is likely to continue in this century. In Transforming Politics, Transforming America, editors Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez bring together the newest work of prominent scholars in the field of immigrant political incorporation to provide the first comprehensive look at the political behavior of immigrants. Focusing on the period from 1965 to the year 2020, this volume tackles the fundamental yet relatively neglected questions, What is the meaning of citizenship, and what is its political relevance? How are immigrants changing our notions of racial and ethnic categorization? How is immigration transforming our understanding of mobilization, participation, and political assimilation? With an emphasis on research that brings innovative theory, quantitative methods, and systematic data to bear on such questions, this volume presents a provocative evidence-based examination of the consequences that these demographic changes might have for the contemporary politics of the United States as well as for the concerns, categories, and conceptual frameworks we use to study race relations and ethnic politics. Contributors Bruce Cain (University of California, Berkeley) * Grace Cho (University of Michigan) * Jack Citrin (University of California, Berkeley) * Louis DeSipio (University of California, Irvine) * Brendan Doherty (University of California, Berkeley) * Lisa García Bedolla (University of California, Irvine) * Zoltan Hajnal (University of California, San Diego) * Jennifer Holdaway (Social Science Research Council) * Jane Junn (Rutgers University) * Philip Kasinitz (City University of New York) * Taeku Lee (University of California, Berkeley) * John Mollenkopf (City University of New York) * Tatishe Mavovosi Nteta (University of California, Berkeley) * Kathryn Pearson (University of Minnesota) * Kenneth Prewitt (Columbia University) * S. Karthick Ramakrishnan (University of California, Riverside) * Ricardo Ramírez (University of Southern California) * Mary Waters (Harvard University) * Cara Wong (University of Michigan) * Janelle Wong (University of Southern California) Introduction / Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, And Ricardo Ramírez -- Immigrants And The Changing Categories Of Race / Kenneth Prewitt -- Mobilizing Group Consciousness : When Does Ethnicity Have Political Consequences? / Jane Junn -- Rethinking Citizenship : Noncitizen Voting And Immigrant Political Engagement In The United States / Lisa García Bedolla -- Jus Meritum : Citizenship For Service / Cara Wong And Grace Cho -- The Impact Of Dual Nationality On Political Participation / Bruce Cain And Brendan Doherty -- Transnational Politics And Civic Engagement : Do Home-country Political Ties Limit Latino Immigrant Pursuit Of U.s. Civic Engagement And Citizenship? / Louis Desipio -- Out Of Line : Immigration And Party Identification Among Latinos And Asian Americans / Zoltan Hajnal And Taeku Lee -- Nonpartisan Latino And Asian American Contactability And Voter Mobilization / Ricardo Ramírez And Janelle Wong -- Politics Among Young Adults In New York : The Immigrant Second Generation / John Mollenkopf ... [et Al.] -- Plus ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose? : An Examination Of The Racial Attitudes Of New Immigrants In The United States / Tatishe Mavovosi Nteta -- The Political Assimilation Of The Fourth Wave / Kathryn Pearson And Jack Citrin -- But Do They Bowl? : Race, Immigrant Incorporation, And Civic Voluntarism In The United States / S. Karthick Ramakrishnan -- Conclusions / Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, And Ricardo Ramírez. Edited By Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, And Ricardo Ramírez. Based On A Conference On A Nation Of Immigrants: Ethnic Identity And Political Incorporation Held In May 2003 In Berkeley, Calif. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [271]-297) And Index. Provides a comprehensive look at the political behavior of immigrants. Focusing on the period from 1965 to the year 2020, this volume tackles the questions such as, what is the meaning of citizenship, and what is its political relevance? How are immigrants changing our notions of racial and ethnic categorization?