Becoming a Citizen
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assimilation
australia
Author_Irene Bloemraad
boston
canada
Category=JPVC
citizens
citizenship
citizenship acquisition
diversity
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ethnic studies
ethnicity
europe
foreigners
history
immigrant integration
immigrants
immigration
immigration policy
multiculturalism
naturalization
nonfiction
political incorporation
political involvement
political participation
politics
portuguese immigrants
public policy
refugees
toronto
united states
vietnamese refugees
Product details
- ISBN 9780520248991
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Oct 2006
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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How can societies that welcome immigrants from around the world create civic cohesion and political community out of ethnic and racial diversity? This thought-provoking book is the first to provide a comparative perspective on how the United States and Canada encourage foreigners to become citizens. Based on vivid in-depth interviews with Portuguese immigrants and Vietnamese refugees in Boston and Toronto and on statistical analysis and documentary data, "Becoming a Citizen" shows that greater state support for settlement and an official government policy of multiculturalism in Canada increase citizenship acquisition and political participation among the foreign born. The United States, long a successful example of immigrant integration, today has greater problems incorporating newcomers into the polity. While many previous accounts suggest that differences in naturalization and political involvement stem from differences in immigrants' political skills and interests, Irene Bloemraad argues that foreigners' political incorporation is not just a question of the type of people countries receive, but also fundamentally of the reception given to them.
She discusses the implications of her findings for other countries, including Australia and immigrant nations in Europe.
Irene Bloemraad is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.
