Between Two Nations: The Political Predicament of Latinos in New York City

Michael Jones-Correa

Published by Cornell University Press 1998

Between Two Nations

The Political Predicament of Latinos in New York City

Michael Jones-Correa

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501731341

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About this book

Immigrants come to the United States from all over Latin America in search of better lives. They obtain residency status, find jobs, pay taxes, and they have children who are American citizens by birth; yet decades may go by before they seek...

Author / Editor information

Michael Jones-Correa is Associate Professor of Government and Director of American Studies at Cornell University and the author of Governing American Cities: Inter-Ethnic Coalitions, Competition, and Conflict.

Reviews

This well-researched book provides an excellent and sophisticated analysis of a neglected issue: the political marginality of Latin American immigrants to the US, many of whom acquire residency but not citizenship as soon as they are able.

Philip Kasinitz, author of Caribbean New York: Black Immigrants and the Politics of Race:

This is ground-breaking work on a truly important topic: the emergence, or perhaps the lack of emergence, of Latino/immigrant politics and a Latino political identity in New York City. Between Two Nations is a readable, well-researched, and highly evocative study, and Jones-Correa does an admirable job of rooting his work in a larger context, relating his study to both contemporary developments nationally and to historical precedents.

The questions asked in this book are fundamental to the future of the policy.... Jones-Correa offers a solid contribution to the emerging study of immigrant political adaption.

A valuable contribution to the growing literature on transnational immigrant communities.... Persuasive and engaging.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Maps and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction: The New Hispanic Immigration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Setting The Context
1. Intimate Strangers: Immigration to Queens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Participation in the American Polity: Why Citizenship Matters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. Explaining Participation: Why It Takes So Long to Become a Citizen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
II. The Costs Of Choosing
4. Resistance from Outside: Machine Politics and the (Non) Incorporation of Immigrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
5. Resistance from Within: The Myth of Return and the Community of Memory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
III. Liminal Politics
6. In-between Identities: Race and Ethnicity in the American Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
7. The Politics of In-between: Avoiding Irreconcilable Demands, Keeping Loyalties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
IV. Breaking The Impasse
8. Wanting It Both Ways: The Quest for Dual Citizenship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
9. Wanting In: Latin American Immigrant Women and the Turn to Electoral Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
V. Conclusion: The New Americans
10. Liminality and Democratic Citizenship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Appendix: Methodology and Interview Sample Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Illustrations
- Other: 22 tables, 7 charts, 2 maps
Keywords: Political Science & Political History; Latin American & Caribbean Studies; U.S. History

eBook

Published: September 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501731341