Probationary Americans : contemporary immigration policies and the shaping of Asian American communities / Edward J.W. Park and John S.W. Park.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Park, Edward J. W.

Contributor:

Park, John S. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

Physical Description:

xi, 138 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

membership into American society. Also, as immigration reforms re-shape Asian American communities by class, the authors suggest that social policies still continue to construct racialized identities for Asians as a "model minority," in an increasingly competitive, global economy where the U.S. occupies a core position.

Contents:

The next American nation

Governing admissions to the United States : basic themes

Exclusion, deportation, and refugee admissions

Efficiency and cost : detention and deportation after 1996

Toward limits to welfare and family reunification

"Temporary workers" in American law and society since 1990

Engineering the model minority

Probationary Americans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-134) and index.

ISBN:

0415947502

0415947510

OCLC:

55124551