Introduction -- Studying the newcomers -- A matter of numbers : immigrant demographics and the electoral process -- Are the newcomers exceptional? : the applicability of traditional models to immigrant political participation -- From newcomers to settlers : immigrant adaptation and political participation -- Were they pushed? : political threat, institutional mobilization, and immigrant voting -- Beyond the ballot box : nonvoting political behavior across immigrant generations -- The future of immigrant political participation : directions in policy and research
Summary
"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of democratic participation among first- and second-generation immigrants in the United States. Immigrants and their children already constitute a sizable proportion of the population, and this will grow to 25 percent of the electorate by the year 2020. So far, we have only a piecemeal understanding of immigrant political participation, with many studies confined to specific regions or particular ethnic groups."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index
