Immigrant Incorporation in an Era of Weak Civic Institutions: Immigrant Civic and Political Participation in the United States

In this article, the author analyzes five domains of immigrant incorporation and participation in the United States—civic and community engagement among immigrants; naturalization patterns; immigrant (and co-ethnic) partisanship and electoral behaviors; the election of naturalized citizens, and thei...

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Published in:The American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) 2011-09, Vol.55 (9), p.1189-1213
Main Author: DeSipio, Louis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
Citizen Participation
Civil society
Community
Comparative analysis
Constraints
Democracy
Immigrants
Naturalization
Participation
Partisanship
Political Participation
Political socialization
Politics
Transnationalism
U.S.A
United States of America
Voting Behavior
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Summary:In this article, the author analyzes five domains of immigrant incorporation and participation in the United States—civic and community engagement among immigrants; naturalization patterns; immigrant (and co-ethnic) partisanship and electoral behaviors; the election of naturalized citizens, and their U.S.-born co-ethnics, as elective officeholders; and immigrant transnational efforts to influence the civic or political life of their communities or countries of origin—in an effort to highlight both the opportunities immigrants and naturalized citizens have seized in U.S. politics and the barriers, particularly, institutional barriers, they continue to face. Although the primary analytical focus is immigrants in the United States, the author is attentive to the challenge raised by Irene Bloemraad (2011 [this issue]) in her introductory article to identify opportunities for comparative insights from the Canadian case. As will be evident, the author ultimately identifies more apples and oranges in the comparison of the U.S. and Canadian cases than peas sharing an analytical pod.
ISSN:0002-7642
1552-3381
DOI:10.1177/0002764211407842