The new nativism : Proposition 187 and the debate over immigration / Robin Dale Jacobson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Jacobson, Robin Dale.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Noncitizens--Government policy--California--Public opinion.
• Illegal immigration--Government policy--California--Public opinion.
• Noncitizens--Government policy.
• Emigration and immigration.
• Government policy.
• History.
• Public opinion.
• Immigration opponents.
• California.
• Noncitizens.
• Immigration opponents--California.
• Public opinion--California.
• California--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--Public opinion.
• United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.
• United States.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2008]

Summary:

Investigating a key moment in grassroots political activism, The New Nativism questions racism as the motivating factor for political action both at the time and in the high-stakes, hotly contested immigration debates of today. Based on in-depth interviews with supporters of Proposition 187, Jacobson finds that rather than being motivated primarily by racism, proponents connected racial identity, ideas of fairness, and traditional American values in surprising, often contradictory, ways. Moving beyond inflammatory headlines and polarizing rhetoric, Jacobson reveals that it is not so much prejudice but the very act of defining race that lies at the center of modern American politics.

Contents:

• Introduction : the legacy of Proposition 187
• Bridging race
• Color-blind conservatism and racial realism : two sides of the same coin
• Criminalizing Mexican migration
• Economic citizenship : dependency and the White American work ethic
• Assimilation and civilization : language, trash, and power
• Population and hyperreproductivity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.

ISBN:

• 0816650276
• 9780816650279
• 0816650284
• 9780816650286

OCLC:

191090321