Bringing Outsiders In: Transatlantic Perspectives on Immigrant Political Incorporation

Published by Cornell University Press 2011

Bringing Outsiders In

Transatlantic Perspectives on Immigrant Political Incorporation

Edited by: Jennifer Hochschild and John Mollenkopf

https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801461972

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About this book

Leading social scientists present individual cases and work toward a comparative synthesis of how immigrants affect—and are affected by—civic life on both sides of the Atlantic.

Author / Editor information

Jennifer Hochschild is Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her books include Facing Up to the American Dream, The New American Dilemma, and The American Dream and the Public Schools. John Mollenkopf is Director of the Center for Urban Research at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he is also Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology. He is the author of A Phoenix in the Ashes and coauthor of Place Matters.

Reviews

Demetrios G. Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute:

This immensely rich volume uses a wealth of historical and contemporary case studies to illuminate how the processes of immigrant political integration in Europe and North America resemble and differ from each other at the local, national, and international levels. Bringing Outsiders In is a must-read for scholars who are looking to deepen their understanding on how citizenship law, right-wing politics, public attitudes, and immigration policies affect the level and types of political engagement among immigrants in our liberal democracies.

Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute, Florence:

Politics should take priority in studying as well as in promoting the incorporation of immigrants in democratic societies. This is the core idea shared by the authors of this state-of-the-art collection, which provides not only a comparative analysis of North America and Western Europe but also articulates the controversies involved in how to 'bring outsiders in.' This well-organized and important book is destined to become a major reference point for immigration research on both sides of the Atlantic.

Özcan Mutlu, Spokesperson for Education Policies, House of Representatives, State of Berlin:

In a globalizing world, cross-border mobility and migration are an integral element of modern societies. Therefore we always have to give an answer to the question: What keeps a pluralistic society together, where multiculturalism is a fact and integration a challenge? This is not only a legislative challenge but also a matter of social consciousness. Every society, especially a pluralistic society, needs identification and empathy to function as a community. In this sense, integration is a process for the society as a whole; it is never completed and must constantly be encouraged. Bringing Outsiders In shows us in a very clear way how integration, as an ongoing process of achieving an understanding about the common bases and rules, can work for the whole society. It provides a great overview, very well done!

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
PART I. FRAMEWORKS
1. Setting the Context John H. Mollenkopf and Jennifer L. Hochschild Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Modeling Immigrant Political Incorporation Jennifer L. Hochschild and John H. Mollenkopf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
PART II. EXPLORING IMMIGRANT POLITICAL INCORPORATION
3. Immigrants and Their Offspring in Europe as Political Subjects Marco Martiniello Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
4. Lost in Translation? A Critical Reappraisal of the Concept of Immigrant Political Incorporation Lorraine C. Minnite Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
PART III. IMMIGRANTS' LOCAL POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURES
5. Swiss Citizenship: A Municipal Approach to Participation? Gianni D’Amato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
6. The New Urban Politics of Integration: A View from the Gateway Cities John H. Mollenkopf and Raphael Sonenshein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
7. Political Institutions and Rainbow Coalitions: Immigrant-Minority Relations in New York and Hartford Reuel Rogers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
PART IV. IMMIGRANTS' NATIONAL POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURES
8. Successes and Failures of Muslim Integration in France and Germany Christian Joppke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
9. A Multicultural Paradise? The Cultural Factor in Dutch Integration Policy Jan Willem Duyvendak, Trees Pels and Rally Rijkschroeff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
10. Anti-Immigrant Politics in Europe: The Radical Right, Xenophobic Tendencies, and Their Political Environment Michael Minkenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
11. Immigrants' Incorporation in the United States after 9/11: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Peter H. Schuck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
12. Building through Exclusion: Anti-Immigrant Politics in the United States Luis Ricardo Fraga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
PART V. IMMIGRANTS' POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURES BEYOND THE STATE
13. The End of Closet Political Transnationalism? The Role of Homeland Politics in the Political Incorporation of Turks and Kurds in Europe Eva Østergaard-Nielsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
14. Organizing Immigration Interests in the European Union: Constraints and Opportunities for Supranational Migration Regulation and Integration Gallya Lahav Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
PART VI. IMMIGRANTS' POLITICAL RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES
15. The State and Ethno-Religious Mobilization in Britain Tariq Modood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
16. Differences in the City: Parallel Worlds, Migration, and Inclusion of Differences in the Urban Space Sandra Cattacin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
17. In Pursuit of Inclusion: Citizenship Acquisition among Asian Immigrants Janelle Wong and Adrian D. Pantoja Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
18. Entering the Precincts of Power: Do National Differences Matter for Immigrant Minority Political Representation? Richard Alba and Nancy Foner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
PART VII. THE ROAD AHEAD
19. Understanding Immigrant Political Incorporation through Comparison Jennifer L. Hochschild and John H. Mollenkopf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Contributor Biographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 392
Illustrations
- Other: 32 tables, 8 charts/graphs
Keywords: Urban Studies; Sociology & Social Science; Political Science & Political History

eBook

Published: May 2, 2011
ISBN: 9780801461972