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

Contents

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez Part 1 The Fundamentals of Measurement Immigrants and the Changing Categories of Race 19 Kenneth Prewitt Mobilizing Group Consciousness When Does Ethnicity Have Political Consequences? 32 Jane Junn Part 2 Citizenship: Here and Abroad Rethinking Citizenship Noncitizen Voting and Immigrant Political Engagement in the United States 51 Lisa García Bedolla Jus Meritum Citizenship for Service 71 Cara Wong and Grace Cho The Impact of Dual Nationality on Political Participation 89 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? 106 Louis DeSipio Contents Part 3 After Citizenship: Party Identification and Mobilization Out of Line Immigration and Party Identification among Latinos and Asian Americans 129 Zoltan Hajnal and Taeku Lee Nonpartisan Latino and Asian American Contactability and Voter Mobilization 151 Ricardo Ramírez and Janelle Wong Part 4 Portents for the Future Politics among Young Adults in New York The Immigrant Second Generation 175 John Mollenkopf, Jennifer Holdaway, Philip Kasinitz, and Mary Waters Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est la Même Chose? An Examination of the Racial Attitudes of New Immigrants in the United States 194 Tatishe Mavovosi Nteta The Political Assimilation of the Fourth Wave 217 Kathryn Pearson and Jack Citrin But Do They Bowl? Race, Immigrant Incorporation, and Civic Voluntarism in the United States 243 S. Karthick Ramakrishnan Conclusions 261 Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramirez References 271 Notes on Contributors 299 Index 301 viii Contents ...