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Social and Political Incorporation of Latin American Non-Citizens in the United States |
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An abundance of research on immigration and incorporation suggests that first generation immigrants are slow to incorporate into their host country. In fact, a recent essay by Samuel Huntington (2004) argues that immigrants from Latin America often refuse to assimilate and that this is harmful to American culture. In this paper, we argue that previous measures of immigrant incorporation are too rigid and ignore the many modes in which immigrants to participate both socially and politically. Specifically, we examine the social and political participation among non-citizen Latino immigrants to the United States using data from a recent national survey of Latino adults, including a large sample of non-citizens (Kaiser 1999). We model a variety of social and political indicators, we find that non-citizens are participating and adapting to American institutions, contrary to Huntington's thesis. The results suggest new ways to measure social and political incorporation among immigrants. |
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Name: International Studies Association
URL: http://www.isanet.org
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| Barreto, Matt. and Muñoz, Jose. "Social and Political Incorporation of Latin American Non-Citizens in the United States" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, Mar 05, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p69424_index.html> |
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| Barreto, M. A. and Muñoz, J. A. , 2005-03-05 "Social and Political Incorporation of Latin American Non-Citizens in the United States" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p69424_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
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Abstract: An abundance of research on immigration and incorporation suggests that first generation immigrants are slow to incorporate into their host country. In fact, a recent essay by Samuel Huntington (2004) argues that immigrants from Latin America often refuse to assimilate and that this is harmful to American culture. In this paper, we argue that previous measures of immigrant incorporation are too rigid and ignore the many modes in which immigrants to participate both socially and politically. Specifically, we examine the social and political participation among non-citizen Latino immigrants to the United States using data from a recent national survey of Latino adults, including a large sample of non-citizens (Kaiser 1999). We model a variety of social and political indicators, we find that non-citizens are participating and adapting to American institutions, contrary to Huntington's thesis. The results suggest new ways to measure social and political incorporation among immigrants. |
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| WHO WE ARE: AN ANSWER TO HUNTINGTON'S QUESTION ON NATIONAL IDENTITY Matt A. Barreto José A. Muñoz Department of Political Science Department of Sociology University of California Irvine Stony Brook University Prepared for the 2005 International Studies Association Conference Honolulu Hawaii March 4 2005 Who We Are: An Answer to Huntington's Question on National Identity Introduction In his recent book on American culture and identity Samuel P. Huntington points out the many challenges to maintaining a homogenous Anglo-Protestant American |
| political arena. This is particularly important for immigrants (and even more so for non-citizens) who are less likely to have formed identification with a political party. In addition we measure the respondents external political efficacy by way of three questions merged into an index: "Political leaders do not care much what people like me think " "Politics and government are so complicated that a person like me cannot really understand what's going on " and "Voting is a waste |
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