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About the Authors S. KARTHICK RAMAKRISHNAN is professor of political science at the associate University of California, Riverside. IRENE BLOEMRAAD is assistant professor of sociology at the University of California , Berkeley. KRISTI ANDERSEN is Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence in the Department of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. SOFYA APTEKAR is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology and Office of Population Research at Princeton University. MARIA BERGER is a senior research advisor for the city of Delft. CAROLINE B. BRETTELL is Dedman Family Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University and Dean ad Interim of Dedman College . ELS DE GRAAUW is a post doctoral fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University. SHANNON GLEESON is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Group in Sociology and Demography at the University of California, Berkeley. REBECCA HAMLIN is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. RAHSAAN MAXWELL is a Transatlantic Postdoctoral Fellow with the German Marshall Fund for the 2008-2009 academic year. HAVEN PEREZ is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. DEBORAH REED-DANAHAY is professor of anthropology at SUNY Buffalo. KATHY RIM is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. LAURENCIO SANGUINO is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at the University of Chicago. FLORIS VERMEULEN is a researcher at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES), Political Science Department, University of Amsterdam. CELIA VIRAMONTES is an independent researcher and writer documenting the civic and political mobilization efforts of Mexican immigrant organizations in Southern California. JANELLE WONG is associate professor of political science and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. viii About the Authors ...

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