Democracy in Immigrant America: Changing Demographics and Political Participation

Author: 
Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick
Year: 
2005
Publisher: 
Stanford University Press
Publication Location: 
Palo Alto, CA
Description: 

Analyzes current national data to test applicability of traditional theories of political behavior to contemporary first- and secondgeneration immigrants. Assesses voting and other forms of political behavior among immigrants of different ethnic and socio-economic characteristics and operating in different contexts of political threat and institutional mobilization; also examines non-voting political behavior (e.g., signing petitions, attending meetings, contributing to political causes) across immigrant generations and ethnicities.

e-newsletter sign-up