TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ramakrishnan,Subramanian Karthick
AU  - Bloemraad,Irene
TI  - Civic hopes and political realities: immigrants, community organizations, and political engagement 
SN  - 9780871547019
U1  - 324.0869120973 21E
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Russell Sage Foundation
N1  - Index; Notes bibliogr; The importance of place --; Making organizations count : immigrant civic engagement in California cities; S. Karthick Ramakrishnan and Irene Bloemraad --; Parties, organizations, and political incorporation : immigrants in six U.S. cities; Kristi Andersen --; Organizing for immigrant labor rights : Latino immigrants in San Jose and Houston; Shannon Gleeson --; Inclusion versus exclusion : Caribbeans in Britain and France; Rahsaan Maxwell --; Civic networks and political behavior : Turks in Amsterdam and Berlin; Floris Vermeulen and Maria Berger --; Variations across ethnic groups --; "Communities of practice" for civic and political engagement : Asian Indian and Vietnamese immigrant organizations in a Southwest metropolis; Caroline B. Brettell and Deborah Reed-Danahay --; Highly skilled but unwelcome in politics : Asian Indians and Chinese in a New Jersey suburb; Sofya Aptekar --; Selective service : Indians, Poles, and Mexicans in Chicago; Laurencio Sanguino --; Variations by organization type --; Protestant churches and conservative politics : Latinos and Asians in the United States; Janelle Wong, Kathy Rim, and Haven Perez --; Immigrants at work : labor unions and noncitizen members; Rebecca Hamlin --; Nonprofit organizations : agents of immigrant political incorporation in urban America; Els de Graauw --; Civic engagement across borders : Mexicans in Southern California; Celia Viramontes
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