Welcoming new Americans? : local governments and immigrant incorporation
Record details
- ISBN: 022657265X
- ISBN: 9780226572659
- ISBN: 022657251X
- ISBN: 9780226572512
- ISBN: 022657279X
- ISBN: 9780226572796
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Physical Description:
1 online resource
remote - Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Part 1: Local government responses to immigrants. Municipal responses across four new immigrant destinations -- Municipal responses nationwide: frequent inaction, substantial accommodation, rare restriction -- Part 2: Explaining local government responses to immigrants. Federal policies, national politics, and local understanding of immigrants -- Beyond bureaucrats: elected and appointed officials' incentives for accommodation -- The civil rights legacy, external scrutiny, and reining in restrictive response -- Part 3: Local government responses and consequences for immigrant incorporation. The select few: municipal accommodation and elite collaboration -- Municipal accommodation: generating welcome or backlash? -- Conclusion. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 1, 2018). |
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